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FIRST ENCOUNTERS WITH
SHAKESPEARE FILM SCREENING & Q&A
Saturday 17 February 2018
11.00am and 2.15pm
KEELE UNIVERSITY CHAPEL WESTMINSTER THEATRE, KEELE UNIVERSITY
Tuesday 20 February 2018 | 6:30pm-9:30pm
THEY WILL HAVE
TO KILL US FIRST
JULIUS CAESAR
In 2012 Islamic extremists banned music in northern Mali.
THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST is an extraordinary account
of how musicians resisted the ban and brought music back to
their homeland. This documentary film has captured the hearts
and imaginations of audiences across the globe since it’s world
premiere at SXSW in 2015.
A company of actors has travelled up and down the
land performing their stories. Now they’ve arrived in
Keele to tell a tale of friendship and betrayal. Caesar,
Rome’s leader, has returned from war stronger than
ever, but some of his followers are questioning his
powers. The plotting continues...
Gaining remarkable access, Director Johanna Schwartz weaves
together a story of courage under fire, reveals rare footage of
jihadists in action in Mali, accompanies musicians on perilous
homecomings to war-torn cities and charts the near overnight
success of Songhoy Blues, a band that went from refugees on
the run to international superstars in less than two years.
Part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s First
Encounters with Shakespeare series for 7-13year olds.
This engaging adaptation is 90 minutes long, use
Shakespeare’s original language and ask audiences to
participate in the story. They are a fantastic first step
into Shakespeare for children, families and schools.
Following the film screening there will be a special Q&A session
with Johanna Schwartz, the film’s director and the film’s music
supervisor Carmen Montanez-Callan. The Q&A session will be
Chaired by Dr Fiorella Montero-Diaz an ethnomusicologist, sound
engineer and educator. She is currently a Lecturer in Music at
Keele University. Her research and publications explore music
hybridity, whiteness, the elites and social conflict and inclusion
in contemporary post-war Lima-Peru.
£14
Book via New Vic
Box Office: 01782 717962
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£10
16 AND UNDER
“Johanna Schwartz’s miraculously hopeful documentary
delivers a vibrant testimony of resilience under oppression.”
NEW YORK TIMES
FREE
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