Bruce Dickinson: Scream for Me Sarajevo

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BBC Four - Bruce Dickinson: Scream for Me Sarajevo

How the lead singer of Iron Maiden brought music to Sarajevo at the height of Bosnian War.

The Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War lasted for four years. At its midpoint, Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden, played a gig for the city's beleaguered population.

In 1994, Sarajevo was a city under siege. Mortars and rocket-propelled grenades rained onto the city, killing indiscriminately every day. Amongst the madness, two United Nations personnel, a British military officer and another Brit working for the UN fire department, decided it would be fun to persuade a global rock star, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, to come and play a gig to the population. 

Scream for Me, Sarajevo brings that story, in all its madness, to the big screen. A story of musicians who risked their lives to play a gig to people who risked their lives to see them.

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