Mutiny in Heaven tells the story of the rise, peak and collapse of The Birthday Party, the band founded by Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard in the late 1970s. Director Ian White collected countless archive materials (rare recordings of the band's performances, unreleased tracks, studio footage and other documents) and added exclusive interviews with the protagonists of this Australian post-punk band that lasted just over five years. A retrospective journey into the origins, dreams, hopes and motivations of a group of promising youngsters who turned the stage into a territory of liberation where violence was a form of atonement.