About the Project

This film was commissioned by the From the Voices of Children Research Team based out of the University of Alberta and has been a multi-year collaboration to conceptualize, develop and create.

This film was envisioned to communicate the research of this team, which centred on understanding children’s views on singing without the influence of adult perspectives, especially in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in which many singing activities were halted or altered.

In order to achieve the goals for this documentary, research participants spent a day together in a workshop immersed in singing and song. This setting also provided an opportunity for children to respond freely to research questions through one-on-one interviews with one another.  The opinions therefore expressed in this documentary come from the children themselves and provide a genuinely candid and authentic perspective as to the meaning of singing in the lives of children. 

Capturing a room full of singing voices, accompanied by piano, was a layered challenge that required complex technological considerations. Many hours of pre-production, location scouting and creative, collaborative discussions helped to create a format that would allow for the children’s genuine  voices to come through.