Documentary. "A production of EuroArts Music ; in co-production with Arte France, NHK, SF ; in cooperation with SVT ... [et al.] ; supported by Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung." Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra ; Caracas Children's Orchestra ; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor. Originally produced as a documentary film. Special features: Auditions for the National Children's Orchestra of Venezuela ; trailers for other Euro Arts products.. Program notes in English, French, and Spanish (8 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Euro Arts: 2056958 (disc); GLN 426005 1250090 (container).
Summary:
Venezuela has a unique system of music education, taking children from violent slums of Caracas and turns some of them into world-class musicians. Shows how Venezuelan visionary Jose Antonio Abreu has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of children over the past three decades. Children from streets dominated by the gun battles of gang warfare are taken into music schools, given access to music, and taught how to build a better society. Includes interviews with the founders, José Antonio Abreu and Frank Di Polo, the conductor and music director, Gustavo Dudamel, and with staff members, music instructors, and students of the Sistema, as well as exerpts of music performances.
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