Perhaps the first musical documentary, Songbirds is filmed in Downview Prison, Sutton, England, home to 250 female inmates from all over the world. Inmates perform choreographed musical numbers in a film that challenges the boundaries of genres as far removed as the documentary and the musical. Brave and innovative, this film gives a fresh voice to these incarcerated women, and through its formal challenges, deepens the emotional impact of these women’s personal stories.  IE