El Sistema: Music to Change Life (Blu-Ray)
Venezuela's unique system of music education takes children from violent slums and turns some of them into world-class
musicians. 'El Sistema' shows how Venezuelan visionary Jose Antonio Abreu has changed the lives of hundreds of
thousands of children over the past three decades. Gustavo Dudamel, artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is a
product of this program and his story features largely in this film. This lyrical and moving documentary takes us from the
rubbish dumps and barrios of Caracas to the world's finest concert halls. 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. Paul Smaczny and Maria Stodtmeier's film finds hope and joy in unlikely places.
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