The Music Lesson

USA
2009/digibeta/71mins – AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER 6.15 PM – Dendy

From sophisticated Boston to the wild plains of Kenya this delightful and surprising documentary follows two groups of young people from extraordinarily different backgrounds as they discover each other’s worlds through the power of music.

Under the guidance of an inspirational conductor who feels their training is too technical, students from the Boston Youth Orchestra travel across the world for a life-changing cultural exchange with a group of students from Laikipia, Kenya, who know nothing about sheet music and the classics. Instead they have been handed down a centuries-old tradition of singing, dancing, and playing music from their elders. Director Ginny Galloway follows a journey – full of some wonderful music – that will change many of the students forever.

Director Ginny Galloway Producers Ginny Galloway, Orlando Jones, Nancy Swenton
Print Source GreenBox Films New York USA

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