The Song Keepers

2017

Action / Documentary / Music

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 80% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 8.0/10 10 73 73

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Plot summary

Central Australia’s answer to The Buena Vista Social Club, The Song Keepers tells the uplifting story of women from the world’s oldest culture preserving some of the world’s oldest sacred songs, connecting Germany to Indigenous history in the process.

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Marion Swift as Self
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806.86 MB
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English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 27 min
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1 hr 27 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Ken F 10 / 10

Incredible stories from Indigenous Australian people about their

Incredible stories from Indigenous Australian people about their lives and life journey. It's real life stories on a side of life many wouldn't see or know. Also an interesting story about their passion for the songs and where it took them.
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Reviewed by ramlmmjem 9 / 10

A gloriously happy film that challenges stereotypes

This film challenges many of the stereotypes of Aboriginal life that we see portrayed both in movies and in the media. It also provides a much more nuanced view of the historical Aboriginal-European relationship than is frequently portrayed.

Basically its about the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir, a choir gathered together from the remnants of what used to be a thriving choral tradition centred on the Lutheran churches of remote Central Australia. The choirs sang traditional German hymns which had been translated into the local languages by the Lutheran missionaries. This film shows the development of the Women's Choir (despite its name, it does have two male singers), its preparations for a tour of Germany, and then the tour itself where German audiences (largely in churches) were introduced to hymns, the music of which was very familiar to them, but with very unfamiliar Aboriginal words. They were taking the music home.

As the film progresses, we hear the stories of the Choir's members' lives, and also the story of the ensemble's musical director, Morris Stuart. We also hear some very good singing.

A film to enjoy that will make you smile and which will also challenge some of the things you may believe about Australia and its Aboriginal peoples.

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