THEORY OF CONFLICT Coolidge Corner Theatre Screening

Thu Dec 12 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-05:00

Coolidge Corner | Brookline

M5 Productions
Publisher/HostM5 Productions
THEORY OF CONFLICT Coolidge Corner Theatre Screening
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"Theory of Conflict" is a thought-provoking film that addressees the crisis of the Israel-Palestine conflict on a campus in Boston in 2011.
About this Event

THEORY OF CONFLICT is the story of a diverse set of college students who must deal with the crisis of the Israel-Palestine conflict that erupts on their campus. As they struggle with the challenges of college life, the isolating and intersubjective relationships of campus politics, each is confronted with the image looking back from their mirror and must look beyond their campus and their time.


Raised in a volatile Islam-Christianity environment, Rahman Oladigbolu is a Nigerian-born filmmaker who has lived much of his life in the reverberations of the Israel-Palestine conflict. In 2003 a diverse group of Quincy College students embarked on a project to unite Arabs and Jews on their campus. At the time, Rahman was a student at the school, and the stories of both the Jewish and Palestinian students left a strong impression on him -- not to mention the gratifying experience of seeing them come together in the end. As a budding filmmaker at the time, Rahman saw urgency in the story, and felt a responsibility to cinematically recreate the events for the world beyond Quincy College.


"Witnessing the generations-old gridlock in the Middle East, I realized that this geopolitical quagmire polarizes people into exclusive pro-Israel or pro-Palestine camps, with little
exploration of nuances, walking of the middle ground, or acknowledgement of the existential situation of the other side. Indeed we see a short supply of people who are both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine at the same time, people who understand the historical and ideological complexity of the impasse and are able to support and make efforts for the well-being of both peoples of the region."


Following the screening, there will be a discussion with key cast&crew members lead by a featured moderator; who will educate the audience about the conflict and what the film brings to the conversation. The story of the film is the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the message is the theory of conflict.

Our current society is deeply divided and the sociopolitical climate has far worsened since over a decade ago when this film was being produced, but the message remains the same. Is it possible to unite amidst deep division?

We support all protests and political actions that call for #CeaseFire and the #FreePalestine movement. This film screening is a platform to provide a safe space to be educated on the matter and to further the conversation that explores the deeper layer of conflict resolution.



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Coolidge Corner, 290 Harvard St, Brookline, United States

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