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This film tells the heroic story of a distinguished British viola-player, Rosemary Nalden, who founded a music school in the black township of Soweto, enabling kids to transcend the constraints of their environment, and find hope through creative involvement in music. Filmed over the last two and a half years, the film tells the story of Rosemary’s work in Soweto and follows the development of a small group of pupils. The changes that occur – both in terms of musical skill and understanding and self-confidence – are in every case remarkable. The quality of the musicianship displayed by the young South Africans has received international acclaim, and conductors Mark Elder and John Eliot Gardiner support this view enthusiastically in the film. Indeed, their orchestra, called The Buslaid String Orchestra, has toured Europe and the USA several times. The film’s climax features a performance of Rameau, Bartok, Mozart and Grieg at Paris’s Cité de la Musique, featuring stunning choreography by a group of young dancers from Cape Town.

United Kingdom - 2007 - 1 h 29 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Mark Kidel Camera Mark Kidel Sound Musa Radebe, Olivier Le Vacon Editing Rick Holbrook

Production Calliope Media, 26, Archfield Road, BS6 6BE Bristol, Royaume-Uni Tél : +44 117 923 2026 Fax : +44 117 942 2026 E-mail : mark@calliopemedia.co.uk

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