60 mins |
Rated
M (Mature themes)
Directed by John Swatland, Lizzi Swatland
Starring Saha , Brian Procopis, Yani Mills, Robbie James
Mas must leave Iran in three days as he was discovered playing western music and singing about the unfairness of his government.
Saha discovers western music secretly, through her father at a young age, and realises this is her passion but she is not allowed to sing or play music in Iran because she is a woman.
They don’t know each other yet, but they take their separate perilous journeys across the seas to Australia where they end up in detention.
We follow their stories from life in detention and community centres to professional recording studios where music gives voice to the voiceless. They meet and join the Scattered People band and we discover how music breaks down barriers, gives them purpose, shapes their identities and builds an inclusive community culture.
Saha and Mas are welcomed into a new life in a new country through the healing power of music yet at the same time are still living in a state of limbo on temporary protection visas.
We also meet Professor of music therapy, Jane Davidson, who describes the physiological and emotional impacts as well as cultural benefits of music and Laura Hassler, Founder of Musicians without Borders in the Netherlands.
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Mas must leave Iran in three days as he was discovered playing western music and singing about the unfairness of his government.
Saha discovers western music secretly, through her father at a young age, and realises this is her passion but she is not allowed to sing or play music in Iran because she is a woman.
They don’t know each other yet, but they take their separate perilous journeys across the seas to Australia where they end up in detention.
We follow their stories from life in detention and community centres to professional recording studios where music gives voice to the voiceless. They meet and join the Scattered People band and we discover how music breaks down barriers, gives them purpose, shapes their identities and builds an inclusive community culture.
Saha and Mas are welcomed into a new life in a new country through the healing power of music yet at the same time are still living in a state of limbo on temporary protection visas.
We also meet Professor of music therapy, Jane Davidson, who describes the physiological and emotional impacts as well as cultural benefits of music and Laura Hassler, Founder of Musicians without Borders in the Netherlands.