Children of Las Brisas | Venezuela's El Sistema Youth Orchestra Overcome Poverty & Politics

June 25, 2024

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Produced by

Luisa De La Ville

Co-Produced by

Luc Martin Gousset

Andy Glynne

Edited by

Ricardo Acosta C.C.E.

Mike Magidson

Director of Photography

Robin Todd

Directed by

Marianela Maldonado

Written by

Jessica Wenzelmann

Marianela Maldonado

Ricardo Acosta

Executive Producers

Sally Jo Fifer

Lois Vossen

Sandie Viquez Pedlow

Supervising Producer

Shana Swanson

Featuring

Edixon Yánez

Dissandra Viloria

Wuilly Moisés Arteaga

Alexandra Morales

Dissaimy Viloria

Judith García

Luis Silva

Norelys Tirado

Wuilly Arteaga Sr.

Yamileth Arteaga

Associate Producers

Carolina Ríos

Jennifer Samani

Field Producers, Venezuela

Edith Bejarano

Merlyn González

Patricia Ramírez

María Carolina Agüero

Jesús Eduardo Molina

Field Producer, Perú

Beto Benítez

Field Producer, Austria

Gonzalo Arijón

Camera

Robin Todd

Angel Rizo

Rafael Núñez R.

María Fernanda Martínez

Julio Cesar Castro

Marianela Maldonado

Gerard Uzcátegui

Camera Assistants

Jose Rafael Useche

William Mejías

Juan Carlos Gómez

Dan Rosenhanst

Sound Recordists

Rodrigo Pimentel

Danny Rojas

Robin Todd

Héctor Moreno

Vanessa Montilla

Alexander González

Kalil Gomez

Production Coordinator

Daniel Maggi

Production Assistants

Julia Antillano

Francisco López

Alvaro Castilla

Luis Martínez

Olivia Liendo

Still Photographer

Carolina Burbano

Grip

José (Cheo) Rojas

Post Production Supervisor, Los Angeles

Robin Todd

Post Production Manager, Paris

Maud Guenoux

Associate Editor

Robin Todd

Additional Editors

Giulianno Ferrioli - Guiliano

Felipe Gómez

Charles Ocando

Carolina Aular

Esteban Uyarra

Assistant Editors

Arturo Fuenmayor

Francisco Melo

Sound Editor

Carolina Santana

Sound Design

Samy Bardet

Sound Mix

Mathieu Lambourion

Grading Facility

Different by Design

Colourist

Raphaëlle Dufosset

Visual FX and Graphic Designer

Salvador Maldonado

Bookkeepers

Bruce Wrigley

Hilda Zambrano

Regina Cruz

Music Supervisor

Margaret Guerra Rogers

Production Counsel

Fernando Ramírez

Noah Wald

Archival Producer

Jessica Wenzelmann

Translations

Carmen Teresa De La Ville

Archival Stills and Footage Provided By

AFP

Cine Archivo Bolívar Films

Editorial Contrapunto

Euro Arts

Frederico Parra/AFP/Getty Images

Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

VIVOPlay

Additional Footage

David Mosquera

Iván Reyes

Luis Olavarrieta

Richid González

Roy Araujo Medina

Music

Original score by Nascuy Linar Nascuy Linares

Conductor and Musical producer: Edwin Arellano

Performed by:

Violin Ollanta Emir Velásquez S.

Viola Mariana Betzabeth Fermín

Piano Luisa Cabrelles

Cello María José Romero R

Bass David Leonardo Carpio C R.

Violin Yoandry Gómez

“Symphonie Fantastique”

Composed by Héctor Berlioz

Performed by Simón Bolívar Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel

“Viola concerto in E major”

Composed by Carl Friedrich Zelter

Performed by Edixon Yáñez

“Violin concerto N 1”

Composed by Jean Baptiste-Accolay

Performed by Dissandra Viloria

“Violin concerto N 22”

Composed by Giovanni Viotti

Performed by Wuilly Arteaga

“5th Symphony (4th mov)”

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by Carabobo’s Youth Orchestra, conducted by Eduardo Salazar

“Symphony No. 1 in D Major”

Composed by Gustav Mahler

Performed by the National Children’s Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle

“Symphony N 4 in A Major”

“Violin Concerto in E minor”

Composed by Felix Mendelsshon

Performed by Wuilly Arteaga

“The Sea and Sinbad's Ship”

Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Performed by Simón Bolívar’s Orchestra, conducted by Eduardo Salazar Jr.

“Danzón #2”

Composed by Arturo Márquez

Performed by Carabobo’s Youth Orchestra

“The Rite of Spring”

Composed by Igor F. Stravinsky

Performed by Caracas’ Orchestra, conducted by Dietrich Paredes

“Hungarian Dance NO 5”

Composed by Johannes Brahms

Performed by Dissandra’s quartet

“Air in G String”

Composed by J.S. Bach

“Czardas”

Composed by Vittorio Monti

Performed by Dissandra Viloria

“Alma Llanera”

Composed by Pedro Elías Gutiérrez

Performed by Wuilly Arteaga

“Venezuela”

Composed by Pablo Herrero and José Luis Armenteros

Performed by Wuilly Arteaga

“Gloria Al Bravo Pueblo”

Composed by Vicente Salias y Juan José Landaeta

Performed by Wuilly Arteaga

“Lancero’s theme”

Composed by Dissandra Viloria

Performed by Dissandra Viloria

“Music for the World”

Composed by Wuilly Arteaga

Performed by Wuilly Arteaga and Josue Arteaga

Special Thanks

Rosa Bosch

Centro Nacional de Acción Social por la Música

Fundación Teatro Municipal de Valencia

Fundamusical

Francilia Herrera

Claudia Lepage

The Maldonado Family

Orquesta Juvenil del Estado Carabobo, Valencia

Orquesta Tejedores de Sueños, Las Brisas, Valencia

Anabel Rodriguez

Christophe Soto

Agnete Todd

Eric Todd & Helle Scharling-Todd

Keila Vall De La Ville

Children of Las Brisas Funding provided by

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Bertha Fund

Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC)

PROCIREP (Société des Producteurs Cinéma et de Télévision)

SACEM (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique)

Original Series Funding Provided by

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Acton Family Giving

Ford Foundation

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Wyncote Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

CHILDREN OF LAS BRISAS is a co-production of Invento Films, Mosaic Films, Point Du Jour, and ITVS, in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and France Télévisions.

This program was produced by Brisas Film, LLC which is solely responsible for its content.

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