Music Is a Universal Language

Music Is a Universal Language

2014 · 15 min · Documentary, Music

In a search for interesting and unexplored music, the U.K. music journalist Eddie Cooney comes to the Balkan region, where he finds a group of regional artists called "The New Outlaws". Scattered around the countries of former Yugoslavia, their companionship, common spirit and power of musical expression, opens the hidden door of a new undiscovered culture to him.

Directed by Miloš Drobnjaković · Written by Miloš Drobnjaković

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