In 60s, music, lifestyle and system started changing in the former Yugoslavia. Sadly, that change wasn't accepted much due to the political regime. The group that started it all, Indexi stood strong and became the most influential group for the following 50 years. Within those 50 years, Yugoslavia, as the country fell apart in the early 90s when war separated the nation, creating hate between religious and ethnic groups. We take a look back at the musical group Indexi that brought the rock music to former Yugoslavia, and a tribute concert dedicated to them; performed by thirty artists in Toronto from different religions of former Yugoslavia. Music proves to be an universal language that can delete borders between discrimination, religion, politics and ethnic backgrounds.—Anonymous
The Sixties went through a lot of turbulence in the whole decade. From Kennedy and Malcolm X's assassinations, landing on the Moon, Vietnam and Cold Wars, to the rock'n'roll uprising of some of the greats like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Shadows. During those times, Yugoslavia saw a different uprising. The communist nation at the time has turned its ears towards the East, while the youth in revolt decided to 'rebel' against the regime by glorifying the West. Rock music reached the borders of former Yugoslavia. Like anything new in a political system, changes were not easily accepted. Indexi, the pop-vocal band from Sarajevo decided to start with rock. The political system did not understand why young people were drawn to this type of music and they considered it more of an uprising. The long hairs, jeans and rock concerts soon after got banned throughout the country. We look back at the struggles of the group as well as the fame it reached. Today, they are considered as one of the most influential groups from those regions. Unfortunately, the country which fell apart in the early 90s due to war created a giant shadow over religions, ethnic backgrounds and beliefs. This film explores living during the early start of Indexi and the biggest tribute concert performed by thirty multi-ethnic artists from North America's diaspora in Toronto. Their music helped uniting three generations of people together who follow different religions and came from different regions of former Yugoslavia.—Davor Mamuzic