Songs Inside Documentary Movie

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Songs Inside Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis:  Winner of the CinefestOZ film prize, and Best Documentary at the Sydney and Adelaide Film Festivals, Songs Inside is about a group of incarcerated women who sign up for a unique songwriting program, which for some opens up deep scars and for others proves to be life-changing.

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00:00My name's Tina, I am, my prisoner number is 162833 and I'm auditioning for the Songbirds

00:23music program. What do you think that music can bring to a place like jail? All kinds of emotions,

00:45happiness, sadness, forgiveness, everything all in one. So you just forget where you are

00:52and then get in touch with the person that you are on the inside. You're about to find out your charges,

00:58what's it going to be? No, my lawyer already said that attempted bail is not going to stick. Hopefully

01:02anything law will get me bail, you know? I'm hoping. We're all a bunch of good girls in shitty situations,

01:09that's what I say.

01:10The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra will be coming into the prison to accompany you

01:21with the songs that we've written together. This has never been done.

01:24The Adelaide Symphony, what is it?

01:27To be able to pick an instrument up and be able to play it now, I love that.

01:33Can you develop a hope in your heart and your mind stronger than addiction? To have a vision for

01:41your life that is so big that when you get out, you're going to stay out.

01:46Mass takes over your life, takes over your life.

01:49When you can sit here, you can feel your heart, actual break. It's like the worst feeling ever.

01:56That's why I'm here now, is because I can't help myself. I'm fighting that person, always.

02:01If you can come, I really hope you still can come.

02:04Yeah, it would mean the world to me for mum to be able to see that I've done something right.

02:11We've got each other. This is your moment. This is the time that you have. You may never get it

02:17again in your life. Do you feel that music could have the power to change people's lives,

02:29even in a place like this? Yeah, I'm counting on it.

02:47Let's go.

02:49Let's go.

02:52Let's go.

03:05Let's go.

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