Where to watch Fig Trees (2009) in the UK
Fig Trees (2009) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 3 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.
FIG TREES is a documentary opera about AIDS activists Tim McCaskell of Toronto and Zackie Achmat of Capetown as they fight for access to treatment drugs. Documentary interviews, speeches, press conferences and demonstrations are sampled, taken apart, and set to music, replayed this time as operatic scenes. A surreal fictional narrative is intercut with the stories of their struggles against government and the pharmaceutical industry. In this fictional world, Gertrude Stein decides to write a tragic opera about Tim and Zackie and their saint-like heroism. She kidnaps them, transports them to Niagara Falls, and forces them to sing a series of complicated avant-garde vocal compositions. However, when Zackie ends his treatment strike and starts taking his pills, Gertrude realizes that there will be no more tragedy, and thus, no more opera.
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Cast & crew
Top-billed cast in Fig Trees.
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Van AbrahamsChristopher Moraka
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Zackie AchmatChristopher Moraka
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Stephen ChenSaint Caesura
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Ezra PerlmanSt. Martin
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Ashton WilliamsNkosi Johnson
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Denise WilliamsSt. Teresa of Avila
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David WallTim McCaskell
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Deborah OveresGertrude Stein
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