Directing
This is a story about music you were never meant to hear - for years I had wondered what has happened to the sons and daughters of the great Cuban musicians and singers. Then in 2002, I was approached by an Australian musician who asked if I was interested in new Cuban music.. he told me to go over the world map that hangs in my office and have a look at Cuba. Down the bottom, you will see a little town, Santiago de Cuba That's where it happens.
In this short documentary-style video, we embark with CM Murphy, music pioneer and former manager of INXS on his journey to discovering music all around the world leading into the digital age.
It centers around Mr Berlin, a brilliant teacher in a rough-as-guts Australian school and his best and worst student: foul-mouthed, pregnant fifteen-year-old Gemma. Mr Berlin challenges the kids of Dungoona to shape up and rise out of the cycle of poverty they find themselves in.
