My Thousand Year Old Land (A Song for BiH).

On the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, New Vic Borderlines, supported by Remembering Srebrenica, Huddersfield University Centre of Archaeology and Bradford City of Culture present a special version of My Thousand Year Old Land, a documentary piece of theatre, written by Aida Haughton MBE and Susan Moffat, Director of New Vic Borderlines.

Based on survivor testimonies from the genocides and war crimes that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1990s, this play brought the beauty, music and culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina to audiences, telling a story of the search for truth, justice and hope through women whose lives are changed by the deaths of their communities’ men in war.

“Having worked for the ICTY in Bosnia from 1996 – 2001, I can say that the cast portrayed the genocide in Srebrenica both sensitively and forensically. At first, I tried to stop my tears but unashamedly let them fall. I found it interesting when the cast sometimes spoke in Bosnian…. This play has international significance and should be seen worldwide.”
Robert McNeil MBE, former UN Anatomical Pathology Technologist

“It was a wonderful play, very moving and truly educational too.” 
Aron Mon, Remembering Srebrenica Project Manager, Birmingham

Tickets: £15.00
Approximate running time: 1 hour 10 minutes (no interval)

The performance will include a 30th anniversary programme, a special video message by Munira Subašić, President of Movement of the Mothers of Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves and information for school and community groups on how to access the Rescuing the Names workshop.

LIVE STREAM OPTION
For those unable to attend the performance, you can purchase a LIVE STREAM TICKET FOR £15.00 to watch from the comfort of your homes where you will have the access to interviews with the actors, as well as personal messages from Munira Subašić, President of ‘Movement of Mothers of Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves’, and Vanja Filipović, former Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Kingdom.
Tickets £15.00 each

Feature photo by Almin Zrno
Production photography by Andrew Billington

English subtitles are available for the video below by clicking onto the CC sign.