Strange Birds in Paradise: A West Papuan Story

Strange Birds in Paradise: A West Papuan Story

Music can rise above tyranny

2009 · 75 min · ★ 10.0 · Documentary

Three friends travel to Melbourne to record outlawed Indonesian folk songs.

Directed by Charlie Hill-Smith · Written by David Tiley

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