Narrated by Paul McCartney When Paul McCartney turned up, guitar in hand, at a music therapy centre in north London, it was as an observer, not a performer.
He watched as children with severe learning difficulties were drawn out of their private, lonely worlds by the healing power of music. This was Paul McCartney 's introduction to the art of music therapy.
In this moving film, he introduces three different stories that demonstrate the power of music to bring hope and serenity to shadowed lives.
In a psychiatric hospital an old man is eased out of his torment by a music therapist and, in the same institution, a young man is seen fighting his way back to sanity with the help of music.
Meet a remarkable group of musicians called
Special Jam , who all have learning problems, but who speak eloquently through their music. And watch the transformation of David Rushbrook as he is helped to develop a beautiful singing voice.
Photography NIGEL WALTERS Film editor NOEL CHANAN
Executive producer PAUL HAMANN Producer ANN PAUL
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