Resources: We Are Together
We Are Together is a multi award winning film that tells the incredible story of Slindile Moya and the children of Agape choir.
Filmed over three years, We Are Together tells 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 one 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.
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.
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 arrives as a stirring and uplifting theatrical documentary.
Lesson plans
Video Clips
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Clip: 1. The big concert and a bright future
The choir perform with Alicia Keys and Paul Simon -
Clip: 2. Introducing the Characters of Agape
We meet the residents of Agape and Grandma Zodwa -
Clip: 3. In the recording studio and the reality of HIV
The choir hit the recording studio but the Moya family have more hardship ahead
