A film about a garbage picker, a music teacher and a group of children from a Paraguayan slum who play instruments made entirely of garbage. Landfill Harmonic is a beautiful story about the transformative power of music, which also highlights two vital issues of our times: poverty and waste pollution.
A story of how instruments made from recycled trash bring hope to children whose future is otherwise spiritless. In a community in the barrios of Paraguay where a traditional violin is worth more than a house, and collecting trash is the steadiest job available, the prospects of joining an orchestra are an incredible opportunity for the youth. A humble garbage picker uses his ingenuity to craft instruments out of recycled materials: oil drums found new life as cellos and violins, water pipes and spoons as flutes and packing crates as guitars. A youth orchestra is born. Music arises and children find new dreams.
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