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Based on the true experiences of Allied women prisoners held in Japanese camps in Sumatra, who formed a vocal orchestra — singing transcriptions of classical pieces — as an act of defiance and spiritual sustenance. Glenn Close leads the story of women's courage under captivity.
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Women civilian internees in a Japanese POW camp in Sumatra form a vocal orchestra, composing and performing works entirely with the human voice — music as su...
The Belalau women's camp in Sumatra held civilian women interned after the fall of Singapore in 1942. Margaret Dryburgh and Norah Chambers established the 'Vocal Orchestra' in 1943, arranging classical works for voice...
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