Marie spent most of her life behind bars after being convicted for drug offenses. Maggie, an Irish nomad is serving time for use of Crack and robbery. Seline & Natasha are French sisters sentenced for 18 years on smuggling drugs. Sam attempted to burn her husband and stabbed her brother. Theresa stabbed her neighbor to death after years of suffering from noise and harassment. These women are some of the inmates at the British Downview Prison and they all have something in common:

they suffered violence and rape from men in their lives,  ften

since childhood. The poet Simon Armitage, the composer  imon Boswell and director Brian Hill created an unprecedented genre of film - a documentary musical. Alongside their personal story, each of the women has the opportunity to tell the story of her life through a song, accompanied by a special video clip filmed within the prison. The songs are of various musical styles ranging from hip-hop to lullabies. The result is an original film that uses a fresh and humorous approach to address difficult social issues. Working on the film has contributed to their

rehabilitation of the prisoners more than any conventional

governmental program.