By Andreas Wiseman. Risking their lives, Dickinson and his band Skunkworks were smuggled into the besieged city by the UN to play a concert for its beleaguered citizens amidst the chaos of war. The journey was captured in a documentary Scream for Me Sarajevo.
The Siege Of Sarajevo was the longest siege in modern history lasting 1, days and resulting in more than 11, killed, including 1, children. The city was decimated, infrastructure destroyed, and there was wide spread damage to many cultural institutions, government buildings, hospitals, and schools.
Dickinson in Sarajevo in was one of those moments that made us in Sarajevo realize that we will survive, that the city of Sarajevo will survive, that Bosnia-Herzegovina will survive. Crafting a story to bring the emotions, madness, tragedy and triumph to the screen is no easy task. My own journey was as a long haired heavy metal singer driving through firefights into a city that had been under siege longer than Stalingrad. Mine was not, of course, the only journey taken on that day, and afterwards, at home in London, I left behind in Sarajevo travelling companions on the road of life.
This movie is actually dedicated to their story, not mine. Now, nearly 40 years later to be co-writing this extraordinarily intense and personal story with Bruce himself is a genuine and unexpected honor. The real story of the kids and local musicians who attended that show is as poignant as it is inspiring. As Bruce has already said, we hope this film will be a tribute to them.
This clip is available for U. Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden has sold more than 90 million albums worldwide. Dickinson previously co-scripted, starred in and scored movie Chemical Wedding starring Simon Callow.
