Pieces of lives

Healing people with music is an ancestral practice in Madagascar. This film shows the relationship between music and mental
illness, through the work of some malagasy music therapist.

I met Rajery in 2010 at a music therapy session in the Antananarivo psychiatric hospital in which my cousin was taking part. Meeting Rajery changed my life. I saw the power of his music for patients and the fi re that lit up in my cousin's eyes. I realized that we can all do something for these fragile people that have lost their way in life, and that every citizen can engage on behalf of their community. As a musician, Rajery brings his music to the patients. As a fi lmmaker, I take my camera...

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