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Watch the inspiring documentary, "Landfill Harmonic!" This wonderful story about the power of music and the resilience of the human spirit, follows a group of kids and their music teacher, as they create the instruments for their orchestra from recycled trash. Living in a slum on top of a landfill in Paraguay, where most of its occupants support their families by sifting through trash to find things to sell, the story of their Recycled Orchestra of Cateura goes viral all over the world, and they travel to play at destinations they never could have imagined.
"Landfill Harmonic" is a beautiful story about the transformative power of music, and also highlights the ongoing crisis of poverty and waste pollution.
Directors: Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley, Juliana Penaranda-Loftus
Writer: Alejandra Amarilla
Year: 2015
This documentary is 1 hour and 24 minutes in length.