Songs Happen Like Refrains in a Revolution

Songs Happen Like Refrains in a Revolution

2021 · 25 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary, Music, Drama

A woman tries to write a song. She looks for the right words and melody in places and through people. Through a hand-drawn map from a woman thrice her age, she finds people who have found what she is looking for. They tell her about how they found them. She listens, then she sings. We hear not a song, but a cry for a sing-along.

Directed by Martika Ramirez Escobar

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