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We Shall Not Be Moved (????) [N/A]

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Original Title:
We Shall Not Be Moved

Genres:
Music

Production Companies:
Opera Philadelphia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 120

Overview from TheMovieDB

On the run after a series of tragic incidents, five North Philly teens find refuge in an abandoned, condemned house in West Philadelphia at the exact location that served as headquarters of the MOVE organization, where a 1985 standoff with police infamously ended with a neighborhood destroyed and 11 people dead, including five children. This self-defined family is assuaged and even inspired by the ghosts who inhabit this home and begin to see their squatting as a matter of destiny and resistance rather than urgent fear. Combining spoken word, contemporary movement, video projection, classical, R&B and jazz singing, and a brooding, often joyful score filled with place, purpose, and possibility, We Shall Not Be Moved is a timely exploration of past and present struggles which suggests an alternate future through the eyes of its young protagonists.

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Production

Assistant Director:
Seth Hoff

Choreographer:
Bill T. Jones

Conductor:
Viswa Subbaraman

Costume Design:
Liz Prince

Director:
Bill T. Jones

Lighting Design:
Robert Wierzel

Music Score Producer:
Daniel Bernard Roumain

Set Designer:
Matt Saunders

Sound Designer:
Robert Kaplowitz

Stage Director:
Mike Janney

Writer:
Marc Bamuthi Joseph

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