Great news: we have started shooting for a film about the Choir of the Novi rice weeders. The film will tell the tale of these extraordinary ladies, from the work in the rice paddies to the foundations of the Choir in the early 70s and its encounter with Fiamma Fumana in the late 1990s, which over the year led to them featuring in all of our albums and a joint show. Their energy and warmth are inspirational for us all: they represent the best part of Emilia Romagna, the one we stand for.

The film will be produced by one of Italy’s top film directors, Davide Ferrario, and directed by young up-and-comer Andrea Zambelli. We’ll also make a book, published by Milan-based No Reply, and we would like to open the book to the contribution of everyone who feels to be part of the story of the rice weeders. If you want to contribute pictures, thoughts, writings, memories and experiences you are more than welcome to do so, we are certainly interested. We’ll use a lot of Internet for this, but we’ll start by organizing a physical meeting in Modena at Off (via Morandi 71) on Wednesday April 4th. We’ll be there, with Andrea (the director), Leonardo (the publisher) and of course the Choir.
It will not be a concert, but rather a chance to meet up and discuss this project, which we feel should belong to the whole community. Then, of course, we’ll make some music too…