Bay Area Premiere of Documentary
Coexist
Friday November 18, 2011
$10 - 8pm
Post-Genocide Rwanda:
When hate persists, how will you coexist?
La Peña presents the The SF Bay Area premier
of award–winning documentary film
Coexist
Coexist is a new forty-minute documentary by director Adam Mazo about post-genocide Rwanda where a social experiment in forced reconciliation is currently underway. By featuring victims, perpetrators, and supporters of genocide, as well as social commentators, government officials, and a U.S. scholar of Rwanda, the film lays bare the complexities of forgiveness and reconciliation. Viewers will meet Rwandan victims who choose to forgive and others who do not, and can decide for themselves if perpetrators are sincerely remorseful and whether they believe coexistence is possible for all Rwandans.
Come see the film and participate in a conversation with Coexist’s learning director, Dr. Mishy Lesser, and find out how Coexist is being used in classrooms and youth groups across the U.S. to teach about the origins of violence and how to cultivate peaceable behaviors.
More Info: www.coexistdocumentary.org/
