The Silk Road Ensemble is a musical mosaic, a coming together of artists from different cultures and musical traditions who have collectively decided to make something together that is greater than the sum of its parts. The cellist Yo Yo Ma is the most prominent public face of the group, although many of the other principals have established careers within their own communities.
"The Music of Strangers" looks at the ensemble and focuses on about half a dozen of the performers and tells their stories both within and outside the group. It's a vibrant, entertaining documentary full of the relentless optimism of Ma as well as introducing people to some of the others, notably the Chinese musician Wu Man and Christina Gado from the Galicia region of Spain. We see the ensemble in rehearsal and in performance, along with other scenes of their lives.
A thoroughly entertaining doc, with a theatrical release confirmed for 2016.
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