Coexist-Documentary Film Outreach Project

Screening Dates

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Would you like to organize a screening? Contact us to make it happen!

UPCOMING & RECENT SCREENINGS & WORKSHOPS

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FRIDAY April 5th, 9:00AM – 4:00PM
MANCHESTER, NH
Teacher Professional Development workshop with Coexist Learning Director Dr. Mishy Lesser
Sponsored by the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College
Registration info: email Tom White (twhite@keene.edu) or call 603-358-2746

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SUNDAY April 7th, 3:00PM – 6:00PM
PORTLAND, ME
19th Commemoration of the Rwanda Genocide
Portland High School
284 Cumberland Ave  Portland, ME 04101

TUESDAY April 9th, 4:00PM – 6:30PM
BROOKLINE, MA
Teacher Professional Development workshop with Coexist Learning Director Dr. Mishy Lesser
Hosted by Facing History and Ourselves
Register via FHAO here.

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MONDAY April 29, 5:30 PM
WASHINGTON, DC
American University, School of International Service, Room 300
With Director Adam Mazo

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MONDAY August 6, 9:00 AM- 12:15PM
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA, Williams College
Facing the Other: Using Rwanda to Teach about Genocide and Bullying with Coexist Learning Director Dr. Mishy Lesser
Massachusetts Teachers Association Summer Conference
Advance Registration Required here

Film Festival Official Selections

Artivist FF

I Will Tell FF

Show Me Justice FF

Africa World Documentary FF

Central Florida FF

Metropolitan FF of New York

Social Change FF

A small sample of the 3,000+ schools and organizations using Coexist to promote dialogue:

Emory University
Tiffin University
Heidelberg University
National Association of Independent Schools
Harvard University
Survivors Fund (SURF)
La Pena Cultural Center
Richmond, Virginia Weinstein JCC
Suffolk University
Stonehill College
Rhodes College
Amherst (MA) Regional High School
Tufts University
Christian Brothers University
Florida Atlantic University
Palm Beach Lakes Community High School (FL)
Mount Wachusett Community Colleges (Central Massachusetts)
Riverview High School (Sarasota, FL)
University of Massachusetts Lowell
London School of Economics & Political Science
American University of Paris
Memorial United Methodist Church Fernandina Beach, Florida
Eastern Nazarene College
Kopkind Grassroots Film Fest
Primary Source
The Boston Project
Dorchester Youth Collaborative
Muslim American Society
More Than Words
Dorchester Youth Collaborative
Noble Greenough School
More Than Words
Temple Israel Boston
Facing History & Ourselves
Mount Wachusset Community College
The College of New Jersey
University of Michigan
Bentley University
James Logan High School
Brandeis University
Eagle Rock School (CO)
UCLA/Mediators Beyond Borders
Springfield Renaissance High School (MA)
Hampshire College
Temple Beth Zion
Roca
Northfield Mount Hermon (MA)
IACS (Tyngsboro, MA)
Parish of the Epiphany
Watertown Middle School (MA)
Bentley University
Peace & Justice Studies Association
PJSA Youth Summit
Gordon Bell High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Teen Empowerment
Youth Partnership for Empowerment
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute

PAST SCREENINGS

 

SATURDAY OCTOBER  27th, Orlando, Florida

Florida Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference

Workshop with Coexist Learning Director Dr. Mishy Lesser (registration required)

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20th, Athens, Tennessee

 

E.G. Fisher Public Library

 

With Coexist Director Adam Mazo

 

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11th, Atlanta, Georgia

Emory University, “Day of Unity”

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6th, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

Civic & Moral Education Initiative

 

Eliot Lyman Room, Longfellow Hall

 

Event info on the CMEI site

 

With Coexist Director Adam Mazo and Coexist Learning Director Mishy Lesser

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SATURDAY JUNE 23rd, 1:30 p.m. Anaheim, California

American Library Association Conference

Anaheim Convention Center, Room 304C

Event Info (Registration Required)

With Coexist Director Adam Mazo and Coexist Learning Director Mishy Lesser

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SATURDAY MAY 19th, 3:00p.m. Boston, Massachusetts

Boston-area Educators for Social Justice 2012 Conference

Workshop and Conference Info

The Curley School

493 Centre Street

Jamaica Plain, MA

With Coexist Learning Director Mishy Lesser

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TUESDAY MAY 22nd, 11:00 a.m. Orlando, Florida

Valencia College

Event Info

With Coexist Director Adam Mazo

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SATURDAY APRIL 7th, 5:00p.m. Boston, Massachusetts

18th Commemoration of the Rwanda Genocide organized by Friends of Rwanda Genocide Survivors (FORGES)

Boston College High School

150 William T Morrissey Boulvevard

Dorchester, MA 02115

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 4th, 6:30p.m., London, England

The Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP

Review of Coexist and this event

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THURSDAY JANUARY 26th, 6:30pm, London, England

Rich Mix

35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road
London
E1 6LA

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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29th, 10:30am, Richmond, VA

With Director Adam Mazo

Weinstein JCC

5403 Monument Avenue
Richmond, VA 23226-1408
(804) 545-8600

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18th, 8:00pm, Berkeley, CA

La Peña Cultural Center

With Learning Director Dr. Mishy Lesser

3105 Shattuck Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94705

www.lapena.org

contact: Fernando Torres

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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9th, 4:30pm, Easton, MA

Stonehill College-Martin Institute Auditorium

With Learning Director Dr. Mishy Lesser

More info

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27th, 6:30pm, Medford, MA, Tufts University Hillel

With Director Adam Mazo

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22th, 2:45pm, Memphis, TN, Christian Brothers University-Peace & Justice Studies Association Conference

With Director Adam Mazo & Learning Director Dr. Mishy Lesser

THURSDAY OCTOBER 6th, 2011, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA

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MONTREAL PREMIERE!

Friday SEPTEMBER 30th, 5:30pm, Dawson College and ACCC Conference, Montreal Canada:

Youth and Violence: The Role of Education, Inspiring Solutions

With Director Adam Mazo and Learning Director Mishy Lesser

Conference info here

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Wednesday SEPTEMBER 14th, 6:30pm-8:30pm, London School of Economics

Event Summary

FREE SCREENING & DISCUSSION PANEL!

Click here for more information

With Director Adam Mazo, Director of Survivors Fund David Russell, and Commonwealth Secretariat Head of Human Rights Dr. Purna Sen

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SEPTEMBER 12th, 2011-THREE FREE SCREENINGS

10:30 a.m. Mount Wachusett Community College, Burbank Campus, 3rd Floor

12:30 p.m. AND 6pm Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner Campus, North Cafe

With Director Adam Mazo and special guest from Rwanda

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SEPTEMBER 13th, 2011-TWO FREE SCREENINGS

11:30 a.m. Mount Wachusett Community College, Leominster Campus

1:30 p.m. Mount Wachusett Community College, Devens Campus

With Director Adam Mazo and special guest from Rwanda

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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4th, 11:20am Orlando, FL

Central Florida Film Fest

With Director Adam Mazo

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1st, 6pm Jacksonville, FL

Memorial United Methodist Church Fernandina Beach, Florida

With Director Adam Mazo

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6th, 2011, 6:30pm-8:30pm Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

Event Information Available Here

With Director Adam Mazo

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31st, 7pm London England

I Will Tell International Film Festival


VERMONT PREMIERE at the Kopkind Grassroots Film Festival

FRIDAY AUGUST 5th, 2011 at 7:30pm Brattleboro, VT

Hooker-Dunham Theater, 139 Main Street Brattleboro, VT

With Director Adam Mazo

Free, public event. For directions or more information, contact 802-254-4859 or stonewal@sover.net

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SOUTH AMERICAN PREMIERE!

JULY 19-22nd 2011, International Association of Genocide Scholars Conference

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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THURSDAY JUNE 23rd, 2011, 7 p.m. More Than Words Waltham, MA

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APRIL 23rd, 2011, 7:20 p.m. Africa World Film Festival, University of Yaoundé
Yaoundé Cameroon

Event information available here

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MARCH 30th, 2011, 2 p.m. The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ (Free event)

With Director Adam Mazo.

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MARCH 23rd, 2011, 5 p.m. Bentley University, Waltham, MA (Free event)

With Director Adam Mazo. Follow this link for the facebook invitation.

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MARCH 7th, 2011 Facing History & Ourselves Denver, Colorado

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MARCH 5th, 2011 Eagle Rock School, Estes Park, Colorado

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MARCH 4th, 2011 Mediators Beyond Borders 4th Annual Congress, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

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MARCH 2nd 2011, Springfield Renaissance High School, Springfield, MA

9th grade teacher Maria Ekmalian told us, “Other than bringing films into the classroom, students would have never comprehended what was out there in the world beyond their neighborhood. With Coexist students…realize I can explore myself and know something else about myself.”  Want to see what our workshops are all about? Check out this new video on the home page of our site.

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MARCH 1st, 2011, 7 p.m. Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (Free event)

 

With Director Adam Mazo and special guest from Rwanda. Download the event flyer here.

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FEBRUARY 5th, 2011, 7 p.m. Temple Beth Zion, Brookline, MA (Free event)

With Director Adam Mazo & Learning Director Mishy Lesser - 1566 Beacon Street Brookline, MA 02446 (617) 566-2277

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JANUARY 18th, 2011, 6:30 p.m. Northfield Mount Hermon School, Mount Hermon, MA (Free event)

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DECEMBER 14th, 2010, IACS Charter School, Tyngsboro, MA

Read about it in the Lowell Sun

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DECEMBER 12th, 2010, 2 p.m. Winchester, MA

A special event screening of Coexist AND extra scenes at Winchester’s Parish of the Epiphany. Rev. Philbert Kalisa will be visiting from Rwanda. He and Director Adam Mazo will answer questions about REACH and Coexist. This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required. The screening will begin at 2 p.m. More info from the Winchester Star.

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DECEMBER 7th, 2010, 5 p.m. Bentley University, Belmont, MA

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DECEMBER 4th, 2010, 2 p.m. Hollywood, CA

Join us for the Hollywood Premiere of Coexist at the Artivist Film Festival. Coexist will screen in a block with 3 films beginning at 2pm on Saturday December 4th. FREE tickets can be reserved here. Director Adam Mazo will be in attendance for a Q & A following the 3 films.

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NOVEMBER 6th, 2010, 7 p.m. Boston

Coexist World Premiere event. Find photos and more at this link