The Oedipus Project 2020

The Oedipus Project

HD 10 74 minutes
The Oedipus Project is an innovative new digital initiative by Theater of War Productions that will present acclaimed actors performing scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, healing online conversations about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon diverse communities throughout the world. Sophocles’ ancient play, written and performed in 429 BC during the time of a plague that killed one-third of the Athenian population, is a timeless story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, and a pestilence that ravages the city of Thebes. At the time the play was first performed, the audience would have been reeling in the wake of a pestilence and its economic, political, and social aftermath. Seen through this lens Oedipus the King appears to have been a powerful public health tool for helping Athenians communalize the trauma of the plague, through a story that is as relevant now as it was in its own time.

Movie Similars

Movie Recommendations

HD

12

2017 Movie
HD

12

2020 Movie
HD

The Way Back

2019 Movie
HD

Beyond the Hills

2012 Movie
HD

Finding Fanon 1

2021 Movie
HD

The Crucified Lovers

1954 Movie
HD

Police

1985 Movie
HD

We

1990 Movie
HD

Bat

2012 Movie
HD

Don't Sleep

2017 Movie
HD

Object: Alimony

1928 Movie
HD

The Tortured

2010 Movie