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It's a story often dominating media headlines, but in the film “Budrus,” the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is presented in a way we rarely get to see.

“Budrus” chronicles community activist Ayed Morrar's efforts to organize non-violent protests against Israel's separation wall. The barrier was designed to cut though his West Bank village of Budrus in 2003.

“It is not a question of struggle or not to struggle, it’s a question of how to struggle,” Morrar says.

Morrar's unarmed resistance crosses political parties, gender lines and nationalities, as he welcomes Palestinian women and children, Israelis, and others to be part of the grassroots movement to preserve his land.

“I think there is a lot of fatigue around the Palestinians-Israeli conflict,” says filmmaker Julia Bacha. “People don't believe there is anything to be done; there is a lot of hopelessness around it. And we wanted to tell a story about ordinary people Palestinians and Israelites who united and who were able to change their realities so that people can believe with their own actions, it is possible to make change.”

Bacha, a New York-based filmmaker, weaves interviews with Palestinians, as well as Israeli activists and soldiers.

The premiere screening of “Budrus” was in the town of its namesake. Its first showing in Israel will be in July as part of the Jerusalem International Film Festival.

The film will be in New York through Wednesday. For more information on “Budrus,” go to JustVision.org. And, for more on the film festival, visit TribecaFilm.com.