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We Shall Not Be Moved

We Shall Not Be Moved
NR 2 hrMusic
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 selfdefined 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 RB 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

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Opera Philadelphia