WCA: Mountain Song + Q&A + Short Film, Amsterdam - Hoofdinhoud

© Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

datum	19 augustus 2019
plaats	Amsterdam
locatie	De Balie
organisatie	De Balie i

6-year-old Gimba lives with his mother in a remote corner of Sulawesi. She is ill and he is afraid she will die. To comfort him, she has taught him a special song that brings calm and happiness when he is alone.

6-year-old shy Gimba lives with his sick mother in the mountains of Pipikoro, a remote area in Sulawesi. Anyone becoming seriously ill in this area has to be carried downhill on a stretcher to get to hospital. Many patients - like Gimba’s father - do not survive the journey. Afraid of losing his mother as well, Gimba has hardly left her side since. To reassure him she teaches him a song that brings calm and happiness when you are alone. He often retreats to a shady spot, somewhere between the villages and the rice fields, waiting for Lara, a mysterious girl, also 6 years old, who sometimes suddenly appears from the forest.

After the film screening there will be a Q&A with the director.

This film + Q&A is free of charge for members of We Are Public

Deze organisatie organiseert debatten, seminars, theater- en filmvoorstellingen met betrekking tot culturele, sociale en politieke vraagstukken in Amsterdam. Door middel van deze activiteiten worden vele interessegebieden bestudeerd en bediscussieerd, zoals technologie, kunst, economie, de veranderende bevolkingssamenstelling, Europa etc. De Balie is open voor een breed publiek en voor alle soorten media.

De Balie is gevestigd in het voormalige gerechtshof aan het Leidseplein in Amsterdam, en is in 1982 opgericht. Voormalig PvdA-politicus Felix Rottenberg i is mede-oprichter van de organisatie.