Special Screening of "When Voices Meet"

When Nelson Mandela was finally released from prison, courageous South African musicians broke through Apartheid’s barriers to form a 500-voice, multiracial children’s choir. Threatened with bombs and thwarted at every turn, they prevailed and railroaded across the country aboard The Peace Train.
Singing their way into the hearts, minds and soul of a divided nation amidst a civil war, they promoted a peaceful transition to democracy and went on to become Mandela’s face of the new rainbow nation.
When Voices Meet documents the trials, tribulations and triumphs of those musician activists and young choir members. They performed together for seven years; never lost touch with one another; and then reunited 20 years later.

Nancy Sutton Smith: Director, Producer & Editor

Sharon Katz - It was music that brought the disparate groups together, and the harmony of their voices became emblematic of the new South Africa. Original songs in the trailer’s soundtrack include We Are The Children of South Africa. Recordings by the original band and choir, plus their Grammy-nominated first release in America and subsequent CDs, can be heard and purchased at SharonKatz.com

https://youtu.be/nkqnHooaSaw

FEATURING A SPECIAL LIVE PERFORMANCE BY SHARON KATZ & THE PEACE TRAIN BAND