El sistema

Sun Nov 14, 2010

20:30

Location

The Shoe Factory
304 Ermou Street
Nicosia, Nicosia

Description

This moving documentary about Venezuela's unique system of music education takes us from barrios of Caracas to the world's finest concert halls. It shows how Venezuelan visionary José 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 through the model of the symphony orchestra how to build a better society.

Cast:
Jose Antonio Abreu
Gustavo Dudamel
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

Director: Paul Smaczny, Maria Stodtmeier
Writer: Paul Smaczny, Maria Stodtmeier
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Documentary, Music
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Production Year: 2008

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