We are Together

Synopsis

Filmed over three years, We Are Together tells the remarkable and moving story of a group of children who use music to overcome hardship and loss. It is the story of an orphanage, unlike one you’ve ever seen before, and of the drive of these remarkable young singers and their teachers to make it to London for a series of concerts.

Life has not been easy for 12-year-old Slindile, her siblings and her friends at the Agape Orphanage in South Africa, where most of the children have lost their parents to AIDS. But they are still kids and teenagers, bashful around boys, squabbling with each other, and when they lift their voices in song, something extraordinary happens.

As the kids at Agape orphanage continue to train for what they hope will be their big break, Slindile and her siblings are hit with more hard news - their oldest brother Sifiso, who has been sick for months, has AIDS.

With unforgettable kids, soaring music and a plot full of surprises, We Are Together arrives as a stirring and uplifting theatrical documentary.

About the director

Paul Taylor had the good fortune of meeting the children of Agape while volunteering in South Africa during a break from film school in 2003.  Looking for an excuse to go back to South Africa to spend more time with them, he returned a year later with producer Teddy Leifer and associate producer Pauline von Moltke to direct his first feature.

According to the filmmakers

”Working with BRITDOC has been an incredible experience for us. As a Foundation they’ve given us so much more than funding and have contributed enormously to the success of the film. This was our first feature and the BRITDOC team gave us all the support we asked for – which was a lot. They’re so clever, creative and caring and they’ve fought for our film to breakthrough. We can’t imagine we’ll ever have it so good again.”

Sales/Screening Contact

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Annie Roney, Roco Films

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Distribution Deals

• TV
  • Palm Pictures (US)
  • HBO (US)
  • Channel 4 (UK)
  • EMI (UK)