Fig Trees

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Van Abrahams

Christopher Moraka

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Zackie Achmat

Christopher Moraka

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Stephen Chen

Saint Caesura

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Ezra Perlman

St. Martin

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Ashton Williams

Nkosi Johnson

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Denise Williams

St. Teresa of Avila

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David Wall

Tim McCaskell

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Deborah Overes

Gertrude Stein

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	John Greyson
Production	Producer	John Greyson
	Production Manager	Elena Pilar Nanes Damion Nurse
Writing	Musical	David Wall
Editing	Editor	Jared Raab Bill Layton
Art	Production Design	Bill Layton
Crew	Prop Maker	David Frankovich
	Cinematography	Ali Kazimi
Visual Effects	Visual Effects	Matt Greyson
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