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The Choir (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
South Africa ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Michael Davie

Written By:
Michael Davie

Actors:
Tabea Bohali ..... Himself
Richmond Febana ..... Himself
Coleman Mgogodlo ..... Himself
Thabo Mohlahli ..... Himself
Thabo Molahli
Jabulani Shabangu

Synopsis:

Filmmaker Michael Davie explores the transformative power of music in this documentary concerning an incarcerated South African felon who's hardened façade slowly begins to soften after he joins the prison choir. Jabulani Shabangu is an inmate at Leeuwkop Prison - South Africa's largest penitentiary. Though the angry Shabangu preferred isolation during his early days at Leeuwkop, his outlook seemed to change once he began singing in the prison choir. Organized by kindly former bank robber Coleman Mgododlo, the choir provides the prisoners with a confidence-boosting sense of brotherhood that helps them to endure the hard times behind bars while preparing to venture back into the outside world. As the annual inner-prison choir competition draws near, Shabangu and the rest of the singers at Leeuwkop prepare to sing their hearts out and make Mgododlo proud.

Shot over six years "The Choir" is the true story of Jabulani Shabangu and a group of fellow inmates battling to survive in South Africa's biggest prison. Jabulani is rebellious and angry until he meets a wily old bank robber named Coleman, who recruits him for the prison choir. Jabulani rises in the ranks and leads the inmates to an extraordinary performance at the National Prisoner Choir Competition. But there's more at stake than a contest to see who sings best. The brotherhoods of choristers, with Coleman's fatherly guidance, have the power to transfer Jabulani's life and give him the courage to face his victims and survive in the world outside- if only he can overcome the violence and the heartbreak of his past.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 20 December, 2010.

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