A choir where no one sings — yet you'll hear them louder than ever.
This film takes you through the inspiring journey of Venezuela's Coro de Manos Blancas (White Hands Choir) while exploring their daily struggles and lives. Established in 1995 as part of Venezuela's El Sistema program, the White Hands Choir provides artistic opportunities for children, youth, and adults with disabilities, utilizing music for social development and inclusion.
Direction
Valverde refuses pity, demands presence.
Sound
Silence as instrument, finally respected.
Editing
Cuts between performance and bureaucracy sting.
Director
María Valverde
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
El Sistema produced Gustavo Dudamel but faces accusations of abuse and elitism — this film quietly interrogates which students get celebrated and which get hidden.
The choir performs Beethoven's Ninth — composed when he was fully deaf, making it not just repertoire but radical self-identification.
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