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pharmaceuticals, corruption and oscars...

“The world’s biggest drama is not found in Europe or the Middle East or North America – the world’s biggest challenges and dramas are found in Africa.”

Jan Egeland UN


Tremendous filmmaking talent from all over the globe, bought The Constant Gardener to our movie screens in 2005, combining – as only motion pictures can – adventure, social relevance, and emotion.

The chance to take on some of the pharmaceutical industry was only one of three elements that made me want to direct The Constant Gardener. Another was the chance – the choice – to shoot in Kenya. And it is also and fundamentally a very original love story; a man who marries a younger woman, and it’s after she dies that he truly falls in love with her and goes looking for her. It’s a beautiful tale, with a touch of the existential to it.
Director Fernando Meirelles

A deeply moving story of large profit hungry pharmaceutical companies entwined with the story of a woman driven by her passion and a man who finds his, only after he loses her. The Constant Gardener won a string of awards [list here], including an oscar for the soundtrack of which this track was #proudly one.



Credits

Song title: 'Forever'

Written by Nazizi Hirgi/Kevin Waire/Tedd Josiah .
Performed by Necessary Noise
The Constant Gardner
Published by Blu Zebra Music
Courtesy of Blu Zebra Records, Nairobi, Kenya
Licensed by Arrangement with A.I. Records, Nairobi, Kenya


"Nobody in this story, and no outfit or corporation, thank God, is based upon an actual person or outfit in the real world. But I can tell you this; as my journey through the pharmaceutical jungle progressed, I came to realize that, by comparison with the reality, my story was as tame as a holiday postcard."
John le Carré