In 1999, filmmaker Jeremy Gilley had a simple but powerful idea -
could the world be persuaded to lay down its weapons for a day? Two
years later, he persuaded the member states of the United Nations to declare an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on 21 September. It’s been
marked every year since. In Afghanistan, Gilley and Jude Law led a
campaign that has seen 4.5 million children vaccinated against polio
because of Peace Day agreements; but the aim of a global ceasefire on the day still proves elusive. In his third film on his ten year campaign, Jeremy Gilley continues to record his extraordinary efforts to achieve the seemingly impossible.
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