El Sistema
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“Music to Change Lfie”
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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Paul Smaczny Director · Maria Stodtmeier Director
First release December 16, 2008 · Produced in Germany, Venezuela · Languages English, Spanish
Production
Germany · Venezuela
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United Arab Emirates · December 16, 2008
Theatrical
Germany · April 16, 2009
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
October 9, 2009 · Digital
France
October 2, 2010 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 12, 2010 · Theatrical
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