El Sistema

El Sistema (2008)

Music to Change Lfie

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2008-12-16
  • User Rating: 7.3/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: Germany, Venezuela
  • Directors: Paul Smaczny, Maria Stodtmeier.
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Summary

El Sistema is a network of childrens and youth orchestras, music centres and workshops in Venezuela, in which more than 250,000 children and young people are currently learning to play an instrument. It was set up over thirty years ago by José Antonio Abreu, who was driven by the utopian vision of a better future. In the dangerous and poverty-stricken shanty towns of Caracas, Abreu lifts children out of poverty through music, changing both people and structures. The film El Sistema shows how Abreus astonishing ideas have led the way out of the vicious circle of poverty - and how the power of music has been able to change the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people.

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  • José Antonio Abreu

    as Himself
  • Gustavo Dudamel

    as Himself
  • Frank Di Polo

    as Himself
  • Sergio Prado

    as Himself
Production Günter Atteln Producer
Camera Luis Cobelo Still Photographer
Production Oliver Rieger Producer
Crew Georg Obermayer Sound Recordist
Crew Michael Boomers Cinematography
Directing Paul Smaczny Director
Directing Maria Stodtmeier Director
Production Claudia Groh Production Manager
Camera Eva Kinader Still Photographer
Crew Christian Schulz Cinematography

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