A documentary is born
That alone is a huge idea, and leads to many other social issues: the environment, The genesis of the Landfill Harmonic film poverty, a community that no one cared occurred when Phoenix filmmaker about before, especially governments in Alejandra Amarilla Nash (founder Latino American countries. All these social and executive producer) contacted issues collide in this film,” says Madero, an Juliana Penaranda-Loftus (producer) experienced film music composer as well to work on a documentary about as a film producer. He created the music the underserved children of Paraguay. for the award-winning documentary, Together, they started an extensive Artist of Resistance. Alejandra and Juliana had been research process in 2009, during which they traveled to Paraguay to interview researching and filming the story for years, different leads, among them: the Minister making their documentary on a shoestring of Education of Paraguay, community budget. Using Juliana’s film industry leaders, school principals and children contacts, they have recruited a seasoned team that includes Rodolfo as executive from low-income families. Through their research, Alejandra producer, the Emmy-nominated Graham and Juliana discovered the Recycled Townsley as director, Jorge Maldonado Orchestra. In 2010, they returned to as co-producer, and Jennifer Redfearn Paraguay to do some initial filming. Since as consulting producer, Tim Fabrizio and then, the production team has developed Neil Barrett as directors of photography, strong connections with the orchestra and and Monica Barrios as production the community and continue to follow the consultant. The team has created a Facebook page story to the present. Alejandra was born in Asunción. She is and posted a short teaser/trailer on Vimeo a social activist who was formerly married and YouTube that has gone viral, getting to ex-star of the Phoenix Suns basketball more than three million views (vimeo. team, Steve Nash. They have three com/52711779). “I dreamed of the opportunity to help children together. In April, 2012, Rodolfo Madero from my country in a creative way, a way of Mexico joined the team. “I learned about bringing awareness to issues that revolve the Recycled orchestra from Juliana and around children and women ... [the] Los Alejandra,” Rodolfo Madero told Latino Reciclados story instantly took my breath Perspectives. He says that he and Juliana away,” Amarilla-Nash says. Production for the documentary began have collaborated with each other on film in 2010, when the team went to Paraguay projects for years. This story has so many approaches that to film the children in the orchestra, their there is no way not to be moved by it. These parents and community leaders. They children are making music out of trash. spent time with Chavez and Gomez the latinopm.com
¡ April 2013!
Latino Perspectives Magazine
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