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The Song Keepers

2017

The Song Keepers

2017

    • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

    In the obscure churches of remote Central Australia, a hidden musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages, sacred poetry and baroque music is being preserved by four generations of song women who make up the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir.

    Against all odds and with the help of their charismatic conductor, the choir embarks on an historic tour of Germany to take back the hymns that were given to their great grandparents by German missionaries, now sung in their own Aboriginal languages.

    Together they share their music and stories of cultural survival, identity and cross-cultural collaboration.

    Come on an adventure as the unlikeliest band on earth goes on tour to the other side of the world!

    Courtesy of
    Screen Australia and Brindle Films
    • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

    In the obscure churches of remote Central Australia, a hidden musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages, sacred poetry and baroque music is being preserved by four generations of song women who make up the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir.

    Against all odds and with the help of their charismatic conductor, the choir embarks on an historic tour of Germany to take back the hymns that were given to their great grandparents by German missionaries, now sung in their own Aboriginal languages.

    Together they share their music and stories of cultural survival, identity and cross-cultural collaboration.

    Come on an adventure as the unlikeliest band on earth goes on tour to the other side of the world!

    Courtesy of
    Screen Australia and Brindle Films
    • Producer
      Rachel Clements, Trisha Morton-Thomas, Naina Sen
      Cinematographer/Director of Photography
      Chris Phillips, Naina Sen
      Composer
      Erkki Veltheim
      Editor
      Bergen O'Brien
      Scriptwriter
      Naina Sen
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