Songs Inside
Synopsis
Beyond just learning how to sing and play the ukulele, these 10 women are writing their own songs – in preparation for a prison community performance with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. The Songbird program, helmed by First Nations singer-songwriter Nancy Bates, is designed to boost confidence and self-worth – but it requires much of the participants, all of whom struggle with the impacts of trauma and addiction. Though the women open up a little more with every song, each rehearsal, laying bare one’s traumas can be overwhelming. Director Shalom Almond spent six months filming in the Adelaide Women’s Prison with unprecedented access, and the result is both shocking and uplifting.
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Special Guests
Shalom Almond is an AACTA-nominated and award-winning filmmaker whose trademark lies in her natural ability to form strong and trusting rapport and relationships with her subjects and their environments, which translates directly to the screen. In 2017, Shalom spent three months following the story of five prisoners who sign up to foster retired greyhounds to make Prisoners and Pups, a one-hour documentary for ABC TV.
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