In the framework of the Beirut Art Film Festival 2018
From 1 to 30 November 2018
With the support of the Goethe-Institut in Lebanon
Director: Maria Stodtmeier and Isa Willinger
Written by: Boris Schumatsky
With: Daniel Barenboim, Iván Fischer, Valery Gergiev, Julia Helmerdinger, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Gabriela Montero, Simon Wallfisch
Cinematography: Thomas Frischhut
Editor: Antje Lass
In Co-production with: WDR
In Association with: Arte
Supported by: Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Genre: documentary
Duration: 55:40 min
Year: 2018
Language: V.O./English subtitles
The great seminal catastrophe of 1914 was not merely a historical upheaval for politics and society. Music had also lost its political innocence. But can music be political? Already in the 19th century, an increasing number of composers and musicians had started to adopt political agendas, and to this day many musicians position themselves politically. “Power and Music”, the final part of the three-part documentary series “Music, War and Revolution” embarks on a search for the political aspects of music, combining historical examples with the present. The film itself thus deals with various standpoints of music’s political moments and starts a dialogue with renowned artists such as conductor Valery Gergiev, Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero or cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, one of the last survivors of the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz.
More to the festival program:
https://www.bafflebanon.org/
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