- event type:WOMEX 24 Film Library
- date:24 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024
- time:11:00 - 17:00
- city/area:Manchester
- venue:Film Library, Manchester Central
- country:United Kingdom
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
Directed by James Sandy
Duration 50' | English, Lingala, French with English subtitles
A group of refugee torture survivors are forced to flee their country and enter the UK illegally, seeking safety in Manchester.While navigating the UK’s asylum system, they join a band, creating powerful songs together in Arabic, Farsi, Lingala, French, Tamil and English. From the first days of songwriting and recording through to performances,this award-winning film follows a 9 year journey of rebuilding lives through the power of music.
James Sandy is a video journalist at the Financial Times. He was previously a documentary producer and director at the BBC, the Economist, ITN and elsewhere. Over a 15-year career he has covered topics from quantum mechanics and weather forecasting to climate change and corruption in sport. He has always been motivated by stories with people at their heart.
Producer Lis Murphy will be attending WOMEX 2024.
Production Country, Year UK, 2023
Co-Produced by James Sandy & Lis Murphy
Producers Music Action International/Freedom From Torture
Director of Photography, Sound, Editor James Sandy
Music Stone Flowers
