# We Are Together

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{{Infobox film
| name           = We Are Together
| image          = We Are Together (film).jpg

| caption        =
| director       = [Paul Taylor](/source/Paul_Taylor_(director))
| producer       =
| writer         = Slindile Moya<br/>Paul Taylor
| starring       =
| music          = [Dario Marianelli](/source/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](/source/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](/source/AIDS). The film is full of [song](/source/song)s, 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](/source/Lorraine_Bracco) as herself
*[Alicia Keys](/source/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](/source/Paul_Simon) as himself
*[Kanye West](/source/Kanye_West) as himself

== Awards ==
*'''Standard Life Audience Award''', ''[Edinburgh International Film Festival](/source/Edinburgh_International_Film_Festival) 2007''
*'''Cadillac Audience Award''', ''[Tribeca Film Festival](/source/Tribeca_Film_Festival) 2007''
*'''Special Jury Prize''', ''Tribeca Film Festival 2007''
*'''Audience Award''', ''[Amnesty International](/source/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](/source/IDFA_Amsterdam) 2006''
*'''First Appearance Award''', ''IDFA Amsterdam 2006''
*'''[Documentary Award](/source/Whistler_Film_Festival_Documentary_Award)''', 2007 [Whistler Film Festival](/source/Whistler_Film_Festival)<ref>Michael Kissinger, "Whistler Film Festival a wrap; Moguls and movie-goers mingle at mountaintop meet-and-greet". ''[Vancouver Courier](/source/Vancouver_Courier)'', 5 December 2007.</ref>

== Critical reception ==

On [review aggregator](/source/review_aggregator) website [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/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 ==
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== 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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