Project Detail

A Song Can't Burn

Name: A Song Can't Burn
Director: Roscoe Neil
Released: 2019
Duration: 12 min

Synopsis

The Syrian war has raged on for over seven years, leaving hundreds of thousands of children traumatised - many of them living in refugee camps having fled the country. Professor and musician Nigel Osborne has been working in such situations since 1992, when he discovered the positive effects music therapy was having on children in Bosnia affected by such trauma.
Since then Nigel’s techniques have been developed and are now utilised as part of a creative arts programme delivered to children traumatised by war - but how do these methods work, and do they really make a difference to the lives of children who have experienced unspeakable horrors and pain at such a young age?
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12 min
Director: Roscoe Neil
Producer: Martin Ball
Executive Producer: Majid Hussain
Editor: Roscoe Neil
Screenwriter: Roscoe Neil
Director of Photography: Dave Galloway

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Penny Appeal production in association with Yusuf Islam Foundation

Penny Appeal

Martin Ball
Victoria Chambers
40 Wood Street
Wakefield
WF1 2HB

Sales Company

c/o Martin Ball

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