Scream for Me Sarajevo

A documentary about Bosnian war (between 1992-95 and more than 100.000 died which took place in the middle of the Europe) and Bruce Dickinson's concert in Sarajevo during the war in 1994. Soundtrack is well chosen from Bruce Dickinson's solo albums and fits the war themed atmosphere. Also it has one iron maiden song too. The war is told not only by narrator is also by fans', Bruce Dickinson's, Chris Dale's (bass player of the band),some officials' and local fans' own words. This makes the documentary more emotional.

How did I not know about this concert in the middle of this war? This was a fantastic doc -from the fans point of view and from the band POV. It's really moving and really eye awakening (that this could happen in any modern day society in a flash.). It was great to hear their stories and memories. Everyone was affected by this -all who where involved and seemed to be a very humbling POV from the band. Which this event has obviously stuck with them their entire lives/career. And how the people there lived in this daily and they only saw it for a second in the grand scheme of things. It's really great but when I first saw this a couple years ago -it was longer. Had more interviews and some scenes had been re worked or cut. Or even just put in a diff place in the doc. I thought that cut was better. This has happened to several documentaries I have seen in the last couple years. It's all of sudden different and sometimes ruins the entire doc. This was still great. Still emotional. I'm not a fan of this band or Iron Maiden but have great respect for all of them after seeing this. Truly enjoyed it. And if you're a fan of Bruce D or IM -then really take the time to watch this. My husband and my best male friend loved it.

I have just watched an amazing documentary. I am a Maiden fan and have seen Bruce many times. I have been to loads of great gigs but I never went to one where I may get shot by a sniper or blown up by an artillery round.

Those who made it happen deserve immense praise for thinking of something as insane as this and then doing something about it. Kudos to Bruce and the band for literally risking their lives for a gig.

Also those courageous and wonderful people who managed to dismiss from their mind all the madness around them and braved potentially snipers and mortars to attend something magical.

The lesson they teach us is you don't listen to music with your ears you listen to it with your soul.

In 1994, at the height of the siege of Sarejevo, a British Army officier conceived and executed a plan to have Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden, come and play a concert. What followed was a harrowing but rewarding experience for the band, and a rare outburst of joy for those who attended. I enjoyed this documentary, primarily because it doesn't overly focus on the supposed heroism of the band. Rather it conveys quite why their presence meant so much to their audience, and the real story told is the underlying tale of how a civilised European country was torn apart long after many of us had assumed that kind of thing just didn't happen here. There's something engagingly, defiantly daft about putting on a heavy metal show amid such tragedy; and this film nicely balances these two sides as it reconstructs the tale.

Randomly screened on the BBC over Christmas 2020 - what I'd taken to simply be a concert film with some historical framing turns out to be quite a touching and harrowing documentary about the Bruce Dickinson solo band being essentially smuggled into the besieged Sarajevo to play a concert for the people there. It's got a commendably sharp focus and only really speaks to those directly involved - it's an endearingly frank portrait of a painful period of history, but also the spirit of music, the optimism of youth and the wild escapism that can flood into you during a really unforgettable gig.