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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 s...

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Corporate Authors: Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar (Performer), Sinfónica Juvenil de Caracas (Performer), Schweizer Fernsehen DRS (Producer), Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai (Producer), ARTE France (Producer), Sveriges television (Producer), EuroArts Music International GmbH
Other Authors: Smaczny, Paul (Director, Producer), Stodtmeier, Maria, 1979- (Director), Dudamel, Gustavo (Conductor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish, with optional English, French, German, Spanish or Japanese subtitles.
Published: [London] : Euro Arts, [2009]
Edition:Widescreen.
Subjects:
Abreu, José Antonio.
Fundación del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela.
Music > Instruction and study > Venezuela.
Music and youth > Venezuela.
Music appreciation > Venezuela.
Children and violence > Venezuela.
Gangs > Venezuela.
Documentary (Nonfiction)
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Música > Enseñanza > Venezuela.
Jóvenes > Venezuela.
Música > Apreciación > Venezuela.
Violencia > Venezuela.
Pandillas > Venezuela.
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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.
Item Description:Videodisc release of the 2009 documentary film.
Bonus: Audition for the National Children's Orchestra of Venezuela.
Booklet (8 pages : ill.) in English, French, and Spanish inserted in container.
Special features: Auditions for the National Children's Orchestra of Venezuela.
"GLN 426005 1250090."--Container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format:DVD ; all regions ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and PCM stereo.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:46th Golden Prague International Television Festival 2009, Grand Prix.
Production Credits:Editor, Steffen Herrmann ; camera, Michael Boomers, Christian Schulz.