The Bosnian War not only destroyed buildings and the economy, but more importantly it altered the identity and ethnic politics of the people who lived there. It affected the relationships of villagers, as well as the relationships among the sexes. People who once lived peacefully were forced into a sort of ethnic arms race, encouraging the distrust and disdain of your fellow neighbor. .

             In the beginning of the film "We Are All Neighbors"", we are introduced to several members of the village who are of a mixed ethnicity and religion; those being Catholics and Muslims. The women explain that they have been living side by side for centuries; all Croats, Serbs and Muslims have been working together, enjoying leisure time, and ultimately becoming friends. The people of the village also convey that it will "definitely be the same in the future ". The relationships between the Catholics and the Muslims in the beginning of the war are positive. The people of the village undermine any mention of inter-ethnic hatred affecting the lives of their immediate community. The women continue to have coffee together, bake together, converse with one another daily and let their children frolic about the village as one in the same. .

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             Unfortunately, as the shelling and the realities of the war came closer to the village, fear is instilled in the villagers. I believe the system, and local society inadvertently planted several seeds of fear into the villagers through media. In the video, Tone recounts the many nights spent in front of the television watching political committees discuss possible peace treaties and negotiations. Unfortunately, villagers were only being fed negative prospects. Hope dwindled in front of their eyes as the government squabbled. In my opinion this constant back and forth could have provoked people to start picking sides; Croats blaming Muslims for the continuation of the war, and vice-versa.