BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33850@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241212T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241212T203000 DTSTAMP:20241211T220055Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/theory-of-conflict-coolidge-corner- theatre-screening/ SUMMARY:THEORY OF CONFLICT Coolidge Corner Theatre Screening DESCRIPTION:THEORY OF CONFLICT is the story of a diverse set of college stu dents who must deal with the crisis of the Israel-Palestine conflict that erupts on their campus. As they struggle with the challenges of college li fe\, 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.\n\nRaised in a volatile Islam-Chr istianity 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 Palestin ian students left a strong impression on him -- not to mention the gratify ing experience of seeing them come together in the end. As a budding filmm aker at the time\, Rahman saw urgency in the story\, and felt a responsibi lity to cinematically recreate the events for the world beyond Quincy Coll ege.\n"Witnessing the generations-old gridlock in the Middle East\, I real ized that this geopolitical quagmire polarizes people into exclusive pro-I srael or pro-Palestine camps\, with little\nexploration of nuances\, walki ng 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 his torical and ideological complexity of the impasse and are able to support and make efforts for the well-being of both peoples of the region."\nFollo wing the screening\, there will be a discussion with key cast&\;crew me mbers (Eddie Frateschi\, Andrea Hartnett and Faridat Ilupeju) lead by a fe atured moderator\; who will educate the audience about the conflict and wh at the film brings to the conversation. The story of the film is the Israe li-Palestine conflict\, the message is the theory of conflict.\n\nOur curr ent society is deeply divided and the sociopolitical climate has far worse ned since over a decade ago when this film was being produced\, but the me ssage remains the same. Is it possible to unite amidst deep division?\n\nT his 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. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/12/https-cdn.evbuc_.com-images-910282113-1925204481103-1-original.2024 1202-235153.jpeg LOCATION:Coolidge Corner Theatre\, 290 Harvard Street\, Brookline\, MA\, Un ited States GEO:42.3425882;-71.12246290000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=290 Harvard Street\, Brookl ine\, MA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Coolidge Corner Theatr e:geo:42.3425882,-71.12246290000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR