Independent Lens

Children of Las Brisas

By Marianela Maldonado. A co-production of Invento Films, Mosaic Films, Point Du Jour, and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB).

In Venezuela, amidst a backdrop of poverty, murder, and corruption, the El Sistema youth orchestra offers children hope and the opportunity to pursue a life of art in spite of the harshness of the society around them. Yet the country’s spiraling collapse and political repression threatens the musicians’ dreams of a better life.