New Film Fest Selection
Coexist has just been selected to screen at the Central Florida Film Festival in Orlando. The screening will be held on Labor Day weekend. More details to come...
African Movie Academy Award Nominee!
Coexist is now nominated for Best Documentary at the African Movie Academy Awards! Winners will be revealed live in Bayelsa Nigeria on Sunday March 27th. Director Adam Mazo has been invited to attend and will report news from Nigeria here on our site.
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From Rwanda to Libya: Who's Calling Whom a Cockroach Now?
"Cockroaches" the very term used by radio hosts to dehumanize Tutsi in Rwanda on the cusp of the hundred-day slaughter in 1994. How could people turn on their friends and neighbors, and murder them?
“Recently in the news is political cult leader Muammar Gaddafi calling the Libyan people "cockroaches" -- the very term used by radio hosts to dehumanize Tutsi in Rwanda on the cusp of the hundred-day slaughter in 1994. How could people turn on their friends and neighbors, and murder them?
I recently saw a brilliant new documentary film by Adam Mazo called Coexist, which tells the story of victims, perpetrators, and survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and what they face as they try to rebuild shattered trust in their country. A key theme in the film is the government-mandated process of reconciliation, and the need to break the cycle of violence so today's victims don't become tomorrow's perpetrators.”
Continue reading at Huff Post.
Movie helps students learn how to ‘Coexist’
Hear how our film is helping students in the classroom learn to coexist.
“The perpetrators and victims of the Rwandan genocide lingered in the mind of 13-year-old Irena Manukian as she fell asleep Monday night.
Earlier that day at school, Irena, an eighth-grader at Innovation Academy Charter School, and her classmates, had become among the first middle-school students in the state to view Coexist, a 40-minute documentary on the 100-day period in 1994 when a half-million people were slaughtered in Rwanda, an east African country the size of Massachusetts.
The film, directed by Adam Mazo, a former TV news producer at Boston’s Channel 7, shows interviews Mazo conducted with dozens of survivors of the genocide — admitted killers and victims — who the current Rwandan government has ordered to reconcile and coexist.”
Continue reading at The Lowell Sun.
Metropolitan Film Festival of New York
Coexist has just been awarded an Honorable Mention in the documentary category at the Metropolitan Film Festival of New York!
Through Coexist we want audiences to become activists in their communities. We hope Coexist inspires dialogue with friends, family, and most importantly strangers and the "other". We encourage you to explore our site to learn more about our educational mission that we are working to achieve.
The World Premiere of Coexist
400+ guests gathered for the World Premiere of Coexist at Temple Israel in Boston on Saturday November 6th. They saw the 40-minute film which tells the stories of Rwandan genocide survivors, perpetrators, and bystanders. Reverend Hurmon Hamilton of Roxbury Presbyterian introduced the film saying that it is as much about "them" as it is about "us". Through Coexist we want audiences to become activists in their communities. We hope Coexist inspires dialogue with friends, family, and most importantly strangers and the "other". We encourage you to explore our site to learn more about our educational mission that we are working to achieve.
Thank You!
We've just premiered Coexist to a packed house in Boston tonight and we want to thank everyone who came out and everyone who made the event possible. We hope our message is clear, this is the beginining, not the end of our work. We look forward to working with you to improve our communities and educate young leaders to interrupt violence. We've accomplished quite a bit in the last 2+ years, and the opportunities to do much more are within reach. What can you do? Tell someone about it! Get on facebook, send an email, pick up the phone. Be in touch and let us know how you would like to help. Email us: coexistdocumentary@gmail.com
With deepest gratitude,
Adam Mazo
Director of Coexist
Coexist Premieres TODAY!
Today we will premiere the documentary film Coexist. This is the culmination of 2+ years of work and thousands of hours of work from hundreds of volunteers, donors, supporters, and the incredible contribution made by Rwandans who appear in the film. We're excited to announce that GBIO President Rev. Hurmon Hamilton will introduce the film. If you would like to come and have not yet RSVPed, please email us immediately at coexistdocumentary@gmail.com, we will let you know if we have enough space. Plan to arrive on time at 6:30 p.m. The screening starts promptly at 7 p.m. Full details are below.
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Coexist World Premiere
Free Event Saturday, November 6th, 6:30 p.m. Temple Israel 477 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02215
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T: Longwood D (Green) line (less than 5 minute walk) Parking: Garage $7, Very limited free street parking