Documentary
Tuesday 21 July
to Thursday 23 July
A film about the continuing struggle over history and memory, and an uncompromising exploration of the Russian cover up of the massacre that prevented the Polish people from commemorating those that had been killed for nearly 50 years.
Wheel of Time is a documentary about a Buddhist ritual promoting peace and tolerance, held by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Inner Voice follows Monk during the process of making her latest critically acclaimed music theatre piece Songs of Ascension.
This archive film gives a vivid account of the lives of these extraordinary people and ends with the unique Buddhist masked dances at Thangboche Monastery during the ceremony of Mani Rhimdu.
Wednesday 05 August
to Thursday 06 August
“One of the finest movies about a great musician I’ve ever seen” Philip French, The Observer
Wednesday 19 August
to Thursday 20 August
Before Womad or any other intercultural festival thought to do it, in 1974 the most celebrated American R&B acts of the time came together with the most renowned musical groups in Southern Africa for a 12 hour, three-night long concert held in Kinshasa, Zaire.