Echoes Across The Divide

Tags: Arts

Synopsis

Nicosia: the world’s last divided capital. Turkish & Greek Cypriots prepare to bridge no-man's-land with a performance like no other, from the rooftops of the old Venetian town. Through the performers we see what it means to grow up in an island divided by fear, hatred, barbed wire & minefields. The composition, by young Dutch composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven, brings together musicians from both sides in the U.N. buffer zone - the infamous "Green Line" - until political reality rudely interrupts the project's grand finale...

Duration

  1. 1 x 52

Produced by

  1. Janneke Robers & Adam Sèbire

Genre

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