Sonoma Film Institute: THE UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA

Open to the Public
Date
Oct 6, 2023 , 7:00pm
Location
Room 102 in Darwin Hall
Sponsor
Sonoma Film Institute
Admission Fees
FREE / $5 Donation

A glorious documentary profile of musicians who play on the sidewalks of Paris and in the Metro. Filmmaker Heddy Honigmann, illuminates the lives and music of a ragtag group of international bohemians: an Argentine pianist, Romanian father and son violinists, a Venezuelan harpist, and singers from Mali and Vietnam. All are united by their experiences with political repression, and by a luminous spirit and boundless courage that led them to flee any number of horrendous situations throughout the world. Finding refuge in Paris, music becomes their economic lifeline, but as this film makes movingly clear, it is also a shining metaphor for their will to survive. (1998, 108 min., in French w/English subtitles)

Film poster for 'The Underground Orchestra' featuring colorful stage lighting
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Date
October 6, 2023
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