Songs from the Inside

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Songs from the Inside follows established New Zealand musicians who go into correction facilities to teach song writing to ten prisoners by taking them through the step-by-step music programme developed by Evan Rhys Davies – a pilot programme he tutored at Spring Hill Corrections Facility in the Waikato. Each series finishes with an hour-long special in which the songs the prisoners wrote, sang and recorded are revealed. Music therapy is used in prisons throughout the world, but Songs from the Inside is the first production to bring in established musicians and record the workshops, challenges and outcomes on film. Made with the support of NZ On Air.