Fig Trees (2009)

1h 40m
Running Time

February 9, 2009
Release Date

Fig Trees (2009)

1h 40m
Running Time

February 9, 2009
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Van Abrahams

Van Abrahams

Christopher Moraka

Zackie Achmat

Zackie Achmat

Christopher Moraka

Stephen Chen

Stephen Chen

Saint Caesura

Ezra Perlman

Ezra Perlman

St. Martin

Alexander Chapman

Alexander Chapman

Actor

Ashton Williams

Ashton Williams

Nkosi Johnson

Stephen Chen

Stephen Chen

Saint Caesura

Denise Williams

Denise Williams

St. Teresa of Avila

David Wall

David Wall

Tim McCaskell / Musical

Devon Ferguson

Devon Ferguson

Saint

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

Jared Raab

Jared Raab

Editor

John Greyson

John Greyson

Producer / Director

Bill Layton

Bill Layton

Editor

Matt Greyson

Matt Greyson

Visual Effects

Damion Nurse

Damion Nurse

Production Manager

Bill Layton

Bill Layton

ProductionDesigner

Elena Pilar Nanes

Elena Pilar Nanes

Production Manager

David Frankovich

David Frankovich

Prop Maker

Bill Layton

Bill Layton

Production Design

Details.

Release Date
February 9, 2009

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 40m

Genres

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Wiki.

Fig Trees is a 2009 Canadian operatic documentary film written and directed by John Greyson. It follows South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat and Canadian AIDS activist Tim McCaskell as they fight for access to treatment for HIV/AIDS. It was also inspired by Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson's opera Four Saints in Three Acts. The film premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary.

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