The Award Winning Film “LANDFILL HARMONIC” Comes To Washington DC For One Night Only On Tuesday September 13, 2016

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Published on Saturday, 10 September 2016 19:10

Insight Property Group and the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital is proud to present a very special Washington DC screening of the acclaimed award winning film LANDFILL HARMONIC on Tuesday night, September 13, 2016 at the Avalon Theater beginning at 7:30 PM.

The film’s subjects, The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, will be in attendance all the way from Paraguay to perform following the screening.  Joining the orchestra for a post screening discussion with be director Graham Townsley, co-director/producer Juliana Peñaranda-Loftus, co-producer Jorge Maldonado and the orchestra director Favio Chavez.

LANDFILL HARMONIC is the award winning and emotionally inspiring film following the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical youth group that plays instruments made entirely out of garbage and waste from the garbage dump in their home town in Paraguay. 

When their story goes viral, the orchestra is catapulted into the global spotlight. Under the guidance of idealistic music director Favio Chavez, the orchestra must navigate a strange new world of arenas and sold-out concerts. However, when a natural disaster strikes their community, Favio must find a way to keep the orchestra intact and provide a source of hope for their town. 

The film is a testimony to the transformative power of music and the resilience of the human spirit. Audiences around the world have cheered and celebrated the real life story of these talented young people at over 200 film festivals and winning over 40 film prizes including the Audience Award at the South By Southwest Film Festival, AFI DOCS Festival, Vancouver Film Festival; official selection at the Sheffield Film Festival and winner of the Documentary Award for The Humanitas Prize. Recently, screened at The United Nations.

Just this past week, the film premiered in New York and the orchestra performed at the United Nations in a special concert.  And now, Washington, DC can experience this inspiring film and meet these amazing young people.

This screening and performance is open to the public.  Tickets are available only at the box office and are $10 per person.

For more information on the screening and the performance this Tuesday, please visit http://www.theavalon.org/films/landfill-harmonic/