Last fall, a documentary trailer about the Paraguayan children’s Recycled Orchestra went viral. The musical group is made up of youth who were raised on the Cateura city landfill; their music teacher is using brilliantly-designed recycled instruments to provide them with life-changing experiences.

If you haven’t seen this trailer, you must take a few minutes to do so. If you have seen it, it is worth watching again.

Without Favio Chávez, the orchestra leader, these children might be caught up in a continuous whirlwind of alcoholism, drugs, and crime on a garbage heap. Instead, these talented, devoted children have a chance to rise from their bleak backgrounds and travel the world to share their skills.

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Recycled Orchestra members Maria, Nohelia, and Tania
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A\u00a0Story That Goes Beyond Film<\/h2>\n
Last fall, a documentary trailer about the Paraguayan children’s Recycled Orchestra went viral. The musical group is made up of youth who were raised on the Cateura city landfill; their music teacher is using brilliantly-designed recycled instruments to provide them with life-changing experiences.<\/p>\n
If you haven’t seen this trailer, you must take a few minutes to do so. If you have seen it, it is worth watching again.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\nIf video does not display, watch it <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/52711779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\nWithout Favio Ch\u00e1vez, the orchestra leader, these children might be caught up in a continuous whirlwind of alcoholism, drugs, and crime on a garbage heap.\u00a0Instead, these talented, devoted children have a chance to rise from their bleak backgrounds and travel the world to share their skills.<\/p>\nTania Vera, a fifteen-year-old violinist, declares,\u00a0\u201cThanks to the orchestra, we were in Rio de Janeiro! We bathed in the sea.\u201d<\/p>\nOh, I see<\/strong>\u00a0(as I’m sure you did) how one person can dramatically change the lives of others.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7367\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7367\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7367 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Favio-Director-and-Cola-Luthier-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Landfill Harmonic director and instrument maker, who create life-changing experiences for the orchestra youth\" width=\"560\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Favio-Director-and-Cola-Luthier-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Favio-Director-and-Cola-Luthier-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Favio-Director-and-Cola-Luthier-155x207.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Favio-Director-and-Cola-Luthier.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>Favio Ch\u00e1vez (right) directs the orchestra, and Nicol\u00e1s G\u00f3mez (left) creates the instruments from materials he finds in the landfill. \u00a9 Landfill Harmonic<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>The Film<\/h4>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/landfillharmonicmovie?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Landfill Harmonic<\/a>, the documentary film about this unique orchestra, is being created by an accolade-rich group of producers, directors, and editors.<\/p>\nThe process began in 2009 when executive producer Alejandra Amarilla Nash and producer Juliana Penaranda-Loftus traveled to Paraguay with the goal of creating a film about the underserved children there.\u00a0After a series of interviews, the pair discovered the deeply inspiring story of the Recycled Orchestra.<\/p>\nProduction began in 2010, and the many days of filming led to the trailer you watched. That viral trailer has been watched about 3 million times and generated over 800 comments on Vimeo and You Tube, including inquiries about seeing the orchestra on tour.<\/p>\nOh, I see<\/strong> how a few people can tell a story that inspires millions.<\/p>\n<h4>Beyond the Film<\/h4>\nThe team behind this film aims to support change beyond the kind that producers might get in their pockets. Landfill Harmonic’s goals include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Educating audiences about sustainability and ways to recycle.<\/li>\n<li>Motivating youth\u00a0to be creative and resourceful by helping them recognize what they have to succeed.<\/li>\n<li>Bringing attention to the poor sanitary conditions and help needed in Cateura.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_7368\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7368\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7368 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2507-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Landfill Harmonic violin, illustrating life-changing experiences\" width=\"560\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2507-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2507-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2507-138x207.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2507.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>A violin designed by Nicol\u00e1s G\u00f3mez from a metal glue cannister, fork, used strings, recycled wood and tuning pegs. \u00a9 Landfill Harmonic<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Community Involvement<\/h4>\nAs part of its goal to involve the community, a few days ago, Landfill Harmonic launched a fundraising effort on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/405192963\/landfill-harmonic-inspiring-dreams-one-note-at-a-t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kickstarter<\/a>, a crowdfunding site.<\/p>\nLandfill Harmonic says that it chose crowdfunding because it “allows us the freedom to tell the story in a way it deserves to be told and more importantly allows all of you to have a direct impact and voice in how the projects develops, from the film, to the Landfill Harmonic Social Movement and setting up chapters worldwide.”<\/p>\nIn addition, Landfill Harmonic is collecting donated instruments to send to the Recycled Orchestra and similar programs in places like Haiti or Kenya.<\/p>\nOh, I see <\/strong>how\u00a0many individuals can support these life-changing experiences for children in a far-away country.<\/p>\nLandfill Harmonic is scheduled to be released in 2013. I suspect that many lives will be changed throughout and after its development.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7415\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7415\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Recycled-Orquestra-Cateura-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Landfill Harmonic's Recycled Orchestra, illustrating life-changing experiences\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Recycled-Orquestra-Cateura-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Recycled-Orquestra-Cateura-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Recycled-Orquestra-Cateura-207x155.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>The Recycled Orchestra \u00a9 Landfill Harmonic<\/p><\/div>\n<a title=\"Creative Inspiration Flows In Underwater Photographs\" href=\"#comments\">Comment<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>on this post below, or inspire insight with your own\u00a0OIC Moment\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/your-oic-moments\/\">here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[248,130,245,129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-makingadifference-life","category-performing-creative","category-paraguay-mappoints","category-music-creative"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40581,"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions\/40581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oh-i-see.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

A Story That Goes Beyond Film