Fig Trees
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FIG TREES is a documentary opera about AIDS activists Tim McCaskell of Toronto and Zackie Achmat of Capetown as they fight for access to treatment drugs. Documentary interviews, speeches, press conferences and demonstrations are sampled, taken apart, and set to music, replayed this time as operatic scenes. A surreal fictional narrative is intercut with the stories of their struggles against government and the pharmaceutical industry. In this fictional world, Gertrude Stein decides to write a tragic opera about Tim and Zackie and their saint-like heroism. She kidnaps them, transports them to Niagara Falls, and forces them to sing a series of complicated avant-garde vocal compositions. However, when Zackie ends his treatment strike and starts taking his pills, Gertrude realizes that there will be no more tragedy, and thus, no more opera.
Release Date : 2009-02-09
Language :English
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company :
Production Country : Canada
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Christopher Moraka
Original Name : Van Abrahams
Gender : Male
Character Name : Christopher Moraka
Original Name : Zackie Achmat
Gender : Male
Character Name : Saint Caesura
Original Name : Stephen Chen
Gender : Male
Character Name : St. Martin
Original Name : Ezra Perlman
Gender : Male
Character Name : Nkosi Johnson
Original Name : Ashton Williams
Gender : Male
Character Name : St. Teresa of Avila
Original Name : Denise Williams
Gender : Male
Character Name : Tim McCaskell
Original Name : David Wall
Gender : Male
Character Name : Gertrude Stein
Original Name : Deborah Overes
Gender : Female
Character Name : St. Peregrine
Original Name : Mark Hartmeier
Gender : Male
Character Name : Christopher Moraka
Original Name : Justin Bacchus
Gender : Male
Character Name : Translator
Original Name : Stephen McClare
Gender : Male
Character Name : Thabo/Manto/Rat
Original Name : Jennifer Moore
Gender : Male
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