Nisha has travelled far from home in search of work, hoping to give her daughter the chance of an eduction. When Nisha disappears the police are not interested and do not investigate because she is just an unreliable and indistinct migrant worker in their eyes. But she is important to Yannis her lover and Petra her employer, as well as being a lifeline to support her family in Sri Lanka. Yannis and Petra are appalled by the indifferent attitude of the authorities and begin their own investigation.
Loosely based on factual events and gently conveying a powerful message, Songbirds is a beautiful, poignant and heartbreaking story about the lengths people can be forced to go to in search of a better life, and the way in which systemic racism, prejudice and nationalism render certain sections of society ignored, invisible and forgotten.
Loosely based on factual events and gently conveying a powerful message, Songbirds is a beautiful, poignant and heartbreaking story about the lengths people can be forced to go to in search of a better life, and the way in which systemic racism, prejudice and nationalism render certain sections of society ignored, invisible and forgotten.