Fusing forms of verite documentary and narrative cinema, Newborns is a glimpse into the lives of women coping with the aftermath of acid violence in India. In a pointed endeavour to include the survivors in the telling of their own stories, the film weaves through poetic vignettes, written and performed by the survivors themselves, against the backdrop of their personal spaces – both domestic and public, real and imagined. This is their song – speaking of their pain, yet cadenced with hope.