The 2004 tsunami devastated the community in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, and accelerated the end of the civil war in this deeply religious region. A handful of survivors, men and women, tell their odyssey and question the community’s preparedness to face natural risks of this scale. How does a community keep life together after surviving a civil war and a massive natural disaster? Tsunami of New Dreams is a documentary about the impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on the Banda Aceh community.