I told you about the musical group Liyana in January 2009. Prudence Mabhena (pictured) is the group's lead singer. Congrats to the musical group and the producers for the Oscar win for documentary short! You can watch a Liyana concert at Teacher's College in NY City here.Here's info from Music by Prudence Web site:
"Music by Prudence" – a documentary. Zimbabwean singer songwriter Prudence Mabhena (pictured), age twenty-one, was born severely disabled into a society where disabilities carry the taint of witchcraft; she is more likely to spend her life hidden away in a tiny hut than on a stage in the center of a city. Her story is the story of many of the disabled kids of Africa, a story of abandonment and abuse. But Prudence and her seven young band members, all disabled, have managed to overcome stereotypes and inspire the same people that once saw them as a curse.
HBO Documentary Films picked up Music by Prudence for distribution.
MUSIC BY PRUDENCE (2010) · USA/Zimbabwe · 32:30 minutes · director: Roger Ross Williams · cinematography: Errol Webber, Derek Wiesehahn · film editor: Geeta Gandbhir · music producer: Ted Mason · producer: iThemba Productions Inc./Roger Ross Williams · co-producer: Patrick Wright · distributor: Home Box Office (HBO).
