If you’re in Montreal this Wednesday (March 13, 2024 at 19:30) you should definitely go see Like Eagles at La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines:
https://levivier.ca/en/concert/2023-24-season/eagles
Facebook event.
A re-creation and multimedia conception of the film Like Eagles (Mānand-e ‘Oqāb).
In this performance, playwright/librettist Shaista Latif, composer Osama Shalabi, arranger Isak Goldschneider and the Land of Kush ensemble imagine a multimedia re-creation and conceptualization of Like Eagles (Mānand-e ‘Oqāb): the first feature film produced in Afghanistan. An exquisitely surreal vision of Kabul in the 1960s, it follows a young girl as she wanders through the city on a journey from her hometown to attend a day of national celebration.
In light of subsequent tragic events in Afghan history, the project confronts Western stereotypes of Afghanistan in a stage work combining music, text and film.
Performers: Shaista Latif (actor/director/writer) Osama Shalabi (oud and electric guitar) Isak Goldschneider (clarinet) Adrianne Munden-Dixon (violin) Anna Atkinson & Gen Heistek (violas) Mark Molnar (cello)
Presented as part of La Semaine du Neuf Festival in collaboration with Groupe Le Vivier.
