Roar! Last night was the second installment of Hybrid Theatre Works' monthly Artists Response Forum. This month's topic was the recent round of peace talks between Israel and Palestine! I decided to make a film that commented on the repetitive nature of the history of the peace process between the two contries as well as used a couple of the historical places in NYC that played a part in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. My film is called Conference Day and is a parody of the movie Groundhog Day! Enjoy!
The first location in the film is actually the Queens Museum of Art out in Flushing Meadows Park. It served as the New York Pavilion during the 1939/1940 Worlds Fair and after the fair was over it was converted into the original home of the United Nations before they built the current building on 42nd street in Manhattan. It was here that all of the post World War II decisions were made, which included the partitioning of Israel and Palestine! The second location is the current home of the UN. It's easy to forget that so many of the world's conflicts are discussed and settled so close to home. I hope my movie helped remind people of that. Roar!
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