{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = We Are Together | image = We Are Together (film).jpg
| caption = | director = Paul Taylor | producer = | writer = Slindile Moya<br/>Paul Taylor | starring = | music = Dario Marianelli | cinematography = | editing = Masahiro Hirakubo<br/>Ollie Huddleston | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2006}} | runtime = 83 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English<br/>Zulu | budget = | gross = }}
[[File:Children from movie We Are Together by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|Children from the film, at the Tribeca Film Festival]]'''''We Are Together''''' (Thina Simunye) is a British documentary film about the orphanage "Agape" in South Africa. Children, who live here, lost their parents to AIDS. The film is full of songs, both native and English. Eventually the children get a chance to visit New York City and raise money by singing for the public.
== Cast == *Lorraine Bracco as herself *Alicia Keys as herself *Mbali as herself *Mthobisi Moya as himself *Nonkululeko Moya as herself *Sifiso Moya as himself *Slindile Moya as herself *Swaphiwe Moya as herself *'Grandma' Zodwa Mqadi as herself *Paul Simon as himself *Kanye West as himself
== Awards == *'''Standard Life Audience Award''', ''Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007'' *'''Cadillac Audience Award''', ''Tribeca Film Festival 2007'' *'''Special Jury Prize''', ''Tribeca Film Festival 2007'' *'''Audience Award''', ''Amnesty International Film Festival 2007'' *'''All Rights Award''', ''Amnesty International Film Festival 2007'' *'''Special Jury Prize''', ''One World International Film Festival 2007'' *'''Audience Award''', ''IDFA Amsterdam 2006'' *'''First Appearance Award''', ''IDFA Amsterdam 2006'' *'''Documentary Award''', 2007 Whistler Film Festival<ref>Michael Kissinger, "Whistler Film Festival a wrap; Moguls and movie-goers mingle at mountaintop meet-and-greet". ''Vancouver Courier'', 5 December 2007.</ref>
== Critical reception ==
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 92% rating, based on 13 reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/we_are_together_the_children_of_agape_choir | title=We Are Together (2006) | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | access-date=2024-07-18}}</ref>
== References == <references/>
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130430144737/http://us.wearetogether.org/ Official site] (archive) * {{IMDb title|0926347}} * [http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=FA4FC8F8-02A2-4112-BA2B-421FF4E2A4A8 Review at IDFA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529033935/http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?ID=fa4fc8f8-02a2-4112-ba2b-421ff4e2a4a8 |date=29 May 2013 }} * [http://shootingpeople.org/watch/film.php?film_id=48494 Film information and the official trailer on Shooting People] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114154900/http://shootingpeople.org/watch/film.php?film_id=48494 |date=14 January 2009 }}
Category:2006 films Category:2006 documentary films Category:British documentary films Category:Documentary films about HIV/AIDS Category:Documentary films about orphanages Category:Zulu-language films Category:Films scored by Dario Marianelli Category:Films set in New York City Category:Films set in South Africa Category:2006 English-language films Category:HIV/AIDS in British films Category:2006 British films Category:2006 multilingual films Category:English-language documentary films
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