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Bi Kidude is a living legend on her home island of Zanzibar, and has beguiled audiences around the world on her wide and varied travels. A favourite of sultans, presidents, and sailors, her story is remarkable, challenging our perception of age (she's ninety three, going on sixteen), and of women in a Muslim society. To see her up close in her humble home then out on the town, smoking and flirting is a unique experience. As Old As My Tongue has been filmed over three years in Zanzibar and on tour with Bi Kidude. The soundtrack features a specially commissioned soundscape by co-producer Rita Ray and featuring a hundred years of classical Indian Ocean vibes. For news, reviews and more pictures, please visit http://asoldasmytongue.net |
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We are currently in production for the first in a series of documentary portraits looking at how Sudanese women are striving for greater involvement in efforts to build peace. Women from different regions of Sudan, representing a range of ethnic traditions and heritages, will talk about their lives and explore their ideas. For all their differences they have much in common: all survived the war with enough emotional strength to work towards reconstructing their society. Twenty-one years of civil war and the recent peace agreement provide the context for these stories. The portraits will explore and highlight shared beliefs and aspirations across groups who until recently perceived each other as different, or even as enemies. They are now united by a shared aim for a common cause- peace.
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Reel Lives is an on going collaboration between Music for Change and Screenstation to produce a series of films bringing world cultures into UK primary schools. To be used as a teaching resource, the project aims to create awareness and understanding between young people in Britain and different parts of the world. The interactive DVD is accompanied by a booklet and resource folder containing a wealth of creative classroom ideas, complete with images, stories, games, fact files and web links. Each
year a different part of the world will be focused on, enabling a global
thread to be part of each school's work and linking it to the national
curriculum through history, geography, music and citizenship. As well
as benefiting schools in the UK, the project will also aim to be a catalyst
for positive arts activities in the overseas communities.
Available to buy from www.musicforchange.org
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The second in our Reel Lives series with partners Music For Change features Kathak dancer Sujata Banerjee. Derived from the dance dramas of ancient India the word 'Kathak' means
to tell a story. Children Liril and Sagari tell their own stories and
Sujata introduces us to the city. Hindu mythology and history meet environmental
change and city markets in a fresh and lively DVD packed with extras and
teaching notes for the young and the young at heart. Out in summer 2006. See Music for Change for details on how to buy. |
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Our friends at Busara asked if we could help them produce a short film about their 3rd annual festival in February. We were only to happy to help. Aubrey and Lisa worked alongside Zanzibar's Dullawise Productions throughout the festival and the result is an electric little film with music from Zanzibar and beyond. Jagwa Music meet the Shrine Synchrosystem, Taffetas meet Makame Faki. Coming soon online. |
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A year long project commissioned by the Sudan Peace Advocacy Coalition, investigating the impact of peace on children in Sudan. Beyond
the despair of Darfur, this film provides a unique window into the lives
of young people from north and south Sudan who lived in conflict but dreamed
of peace. Featuring exclusive interviews with politicians from both sides
involved in the peace process, Just Peace is essential viewing for anyone
keen to find out more about Sudan. |
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contact us ScreenStation Productions Ltd is a registered company in the U.K. Company no. 5055581 |
