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We Shall Not Be Moved

en 120m
Music
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.

Conductor

Viswa Subbaraman

Director

Bill T. Jones

Choreographer

Bill T. Jones

Set Designer

Matt Saunders

Costume Design

Liz Prince

Lighting Design

Robert Wierzel

Status

Released

Countries

    Companies

    • Opera Philadelphia