- This is POV .
I'm Pete Schwaba, host of Wisconsin Public Television's
Director's Cut .
Tonight we bring you Singing with Angry Bird ,
an engaging documentary from Director Hyewon Jee.
In 2006, critically acclaimed opera singer Jae-Chang Kim
accepted a challenge
to teach kids in the slums of Kenya
how to sing.
He was so successful that in 2010
he founded his own children's choir in India.
His quick temper earned him the nickname "angry bird"
from his young Indian students.
During his teaching, Kim found it hard to get
any kind of parental support for his young singers.
So Kim upped the ante
and decided to train the parents to sing with their children
and ultimately perform a joint concert together.
Singing with Angry Bird follows Kim's challenge
over the course of 15 months to the final concert.
Hyewon Jee had a long career in the Korean TV industry
but decided to leave
a prominent documentary production company
after twenty years to break out on her own.
Like so many inspired documentarians,
Jee wanted to pursue the stories
that she was most passionate about.
This is the first feature-length film
for this international Emmy-nominated director.
Singing with Angry Bird
starts now on Wisconsin Public Television,
your home for independent film.