Fig Trees (2009)

Género : Documental, Música

Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 40M

Director : John Greyson

Sinopsis

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.

Actores

Van Abrahams
Van Abrahams
Christopher Moraka
Zackie Achmat
Zackie Achmat
Christopher Moraka
Stephen Chen
Stephen Chen
Saint Caesura
Ezra Perlman
Ezra Perlman
St. Martin
Ashton Williams
Ashton Williams
Nkosi Johnson
Denise Williams
Denise Williams
St. Teresa of Avila
David Wall
David Wall
Tim McCaskell
Deborah Overes
Deborah Overes
Gertrude Stein
Mark Hartmeier
Mark Hartmeier
St. Peregrine
Justin Bacchus
Justin Bacchus
Christopher Moraka
Stephen McClare
Stephen McClare
Translator
Jennifer Moore
Jennifer Moore
Thabo/Manto/Rat

Tripulaciones

John Greyson
John Greyson
Director
John Greyson
John Greyson
Producer
David Wall
David Wall
Musical
Jared Raab
Jared Raab
Editor
Bill Layton
Bill Layton
Editor
Bill Layton
Bill Layton
Production Design
Elena Pilar Nanes
Elena Pilar Nanes
Production Manager
Damion Nurse
Damion Nurse
Production Manager
David Frankovich
David Frankovich
Prop Maker
Matt Greyson
Matt Greyson
Visual Effects
Ali Kazimi
Ali Kazimi
Cinematography