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| Country: | Canada |
| NMTW Rating: | |
| Length: | 1 h 40 min |
Description:
FIG TREES is a documentary opera focusing on the fight for AIDS treatment access by activists Tim McCaskell of Toronto and Zackie Achmat of Cape Town. The film samples documentary interviews, speeches, press conferences, and demonstrations, transforming them into operatic scenes set to music. A surreal fictional narrative intertwines with their real-life struggles against government and the pharmaceutical industry. In this fictional world, Gertrude Stein decides to write a tragic opera about Tim and Zackie's heroic efforts. She kidnaps them, takes them to Niagara Falls, and compels them to perform complex avant-garde vocal pieces. However, when Zackie resumes his treatment, Stein realizes the absence of tragedy – and therefore, the end of her opera.
| Alternative title: | Fig Trees |
| Release year: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Awards: | 🏆 3 wins |
| Director: | John Greyson |
| Type: | Movie |
