For Your Information

This is 1 of 2 events available for this film. This one is a live viewing and discussion with Q&A. When you book your ticket you will receive an email with a link to the event. The other enables you to watch the film in your own time. See link below.

Synopsis

Set almost entirely in the refectory of a public centre in Israel, two couples meet – one Israeli, one Palestinian – at a Reconciliation Conference. Each couple has one willing participant and one conflicted participant. Through the process of ‘Sulha’ (meaning reconciliation), peace may be attained by the offering and accepting of three cups of coffee.

The Story behind the Story

In 2020, when Vicki attended a Conflict Transformation Summit during the Covid lockdowns, an open invitation was offered to all participants. She was able to present her play, with the new online platform available, as an impromptu reading with four willing participants from around the world, Encouraged by those who saw it, Vicki spent the rest of the year filming this production as an online lockdown reading and creating an accompanying reconciliation workshop.

Vicki originally wrote the play after deciding to join the Frome Friends of Palestine to find her own reconciliation as a Jew. Throughout the summer of 2014 a whole sequence of events brought about the inspiration for this play which began as she awoke with scenes playing out in her mind. The next ten days Vicki sat and wrote the play as a continuous stream of consciousness. She soon realised that a song, ‘Sulha’ she had written ten years previously would also become the structure for this play.

During the preparation for this production, Vicki decided to bring the subject into the present day, using the story based in Israel as a mirror for all conflicts, in particular what is happening with the Black Lives Matter issues, she created a play within a play in order to explore this more fully.

Cast: Dita Vizoso, Michael Loader, Polly Lamb and Simon Matthew Blakeman.

The Bigger Picture - what I aiming to do with this film

I would like to thank you for your interest in this film. Please know that I am asking donations for this film because I want to ensure it is accessible to all and invite you to offer only what is comfortable, there is no minimum amount, (nor a maximum!).

If you'd like to help

However, for those who are thriving during these times and might want to help me build this project, I want to let you know that this is not an end product. This is just a seed as I am aiming to take this film around the world. It will be used as a mechanism for conflict resolution and reconciliation; a tool for engaging people in storytelling and workshops.

If you wish to know more please keep in touch via my website and email:

www.keystothegoldencity.com

keystothegoldencity@yahoo.co.uk

Here is the link to book your tickets for the film only, available from 29th March to the 3rd April

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/return-to-the-golden-city-a-lockdown-reading-tickets-145443022997