El Sistema

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

José Antonio Abreu

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Gustavo Dudamel

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Age : 43 | Popularity : 3%

Frank Di Polo

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Sergio Prado

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Crew

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