About the film
Fig Trees is a 2009 Canadian operatic documentary film written and directed by John Greyson. It follows South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat and Canadian AIDS activist Tim McCaskell as they fight for access to treatment for HIV/AIDS. It was also inspired by Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson's opera Four Saints in Three Acts.
The film premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).