Australia’s answer to The Buena Vista Social Club, The Song Keepers tells the inspiring story of an Aboriginal women’s choir and their first tour of Germany.
In the churches of remote Central Australia, a 140-year musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages, German sacred hymns and baroque music is being preserved by four generations of women that make up the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir.
With their charismatic musical director Morris Stuart, the choir embarks on an historical tour of Germany, singing the baroque Lutheran hymns brought to their great grandparents by German missionaries in their own Western Arrarnta and Pitjantjatjara languages.
Together these remarkable women take their music and stories of cultural survival, identity and cross-cultural collaboration to the world.
Here’s where you can catch it! You can find more information about The Song Keepers here.
APRIL 19
Melbourne
CINEMA NOVA
LIDO CINEMAS
CLASSIC CINEMAS
CAMEO CINEMAS
SUN THEATRE
Sydney
DENDY CINEMAS NEWTOWN
Brisbane
DENDY CINEMAS COORPAROO
BALMORAL CINEPLEX
VICTORIA POINT CINEPLEX
Canberra
DENDY CINEMAS CANBERRA
Hobart
STATE CINEMA
APRIL 26
Geelong
THE PIVOTONIAN CINEMA
MAY 3
Adelaide
TRAK CINEMAS
WALLIS CINEMAS PICCADILLY
Alice Springs
ALICE SPRINGS CINEMA
Perth
LUNA CINEMAS
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