Corona Cork Film Festival - We Are Together

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.

Filmed over three years and spanning two continents, this is 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 any 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.

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 is an altogether stirring and uplifting documentary.

Audience Award - Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2007
Audience Award - Tribeca Film Festival, 2007
Special Jury Prize – Tribeca Film Festival, 2007
Audience Award – Amsterdam Internstional Documentary Film Festival, 2006