Filmed as a travelogue, this musical quest tracks the journey of Bidyut Kotoky back to his roots in north-east India, bringing to light the positive influence of music emanating from the youth living in a region crippled by state and non-state violence for the past half century.

An émigré filmmaker charts the paradoxes of his homeland in this musical journey through one of the most diverse yet troubled corners of the world. Documenting accounts of separatist violence and protest movements, Guns and Guitars finds hope in the region’s artistic responses to political upheaval.