Synopsis:
This film pieces together the story of Because I Sing, the unique
choral event staged in London at The Roundhouse. Featuring 16
amateur choirs ranging from the London Jewish Male Choir and the
W.I.'s champion choir, to the Gay Men`s Chorus and a choir of deaf
people, filmmaker Sophie Fiennes documents the performance
(masterminded by Alain Platel & Orlando Gough) and the choirs
in their natural habitats, weaving together a fascinating map of
contemporary London through this A-Z of choirs. The film eschews a
conventional talking heads approach, letting the singing tell its
own intimate and poignant story revealing London's hidden voices
and the communities in which they resound. Because I Sing is the
first co-commission between Artangel Media and Channel 4.
Synopsis:
This film pieces together the story of Because I Sing, the unique
choral event staged in London at The Roundhouse. Featuring 16
amateur choirs ranging from the London Jewish Male Choir and the
W.I.'s champion choir, to the Gay Men`s Chorus and a choir of deaf
people, filmmaker Sophie Fiennes documents the performance
(masterminded by Alain Platel & Orlando Gough) and the choirs
in their natural habitats, weaving together a fascinating map of
contemporary London through this A-Z of choirs. The film eschews a
conventional talking heads approach, letting the singing tell its
own intimate and poignant story revealing London's hidden voices
and the communities in which they resound. Because I Sing is the
first co-commission between Artangel Media and Channel 4.