In 1992 and the endless siege of the Sarajevo begins with shells, shrapnel and snippers. The story of how Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden vocalist who was then a solo artist) and his band Skunkworks ended up playing a concert in the middle of a war zone is both powerfully uplifting and desperately, desperately sad. The eyewitness accounts from Dickinson, his Skunkworks band members and the United Nations/Army personnel who organised this most unlikely of gigs are all revisited. However, it’s the then teenagers who went to the show and their stories that will be burnt into your psyche. Sarajevo was physically obliterated and mentally scarred for life. The fact that a high profile Heavy Metal singer was risking life and limb (literally) to come to Sarajevo to play a one-off concert still means the world to those that were there or tried to attend. This is a film of hope, triumph over adversity and the importance of music, especially when everything else in life seems doomed. The grainy gig footage along with the excellent soundtrack are given added credence because of Sarajevo, the people and it’s situation. The journey to the city was an act of madness that wouldn’t have happened without the bands almost blinkered approach to what they were about to undertake. The words courageous and stupid spring to mind. The bands return some twenty-three years on is heartbreaking and although most are still around to tell the tale of this most momentous of gigs, sadly some aren’t. ‘Scream For Me Sarajevo’ is a highly emotional film worthy of the highest praise and the deepest respect. Stranger in a strange land indeed.