Screening note: This digital screening is available to view between 12:01am PT on Friday, October 9, and 11:59pm PT on Sunday, October 18, and is available to ticket buyers and passholders within the state of California.
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United by their passion for music, Cuban brothers Aldo and Ilmar López-Gávilan struggle to keep their familial and musical bonds alive even as geopolitical forces separate them. Sent to Russia to study as a teen, violinist Ilmar goes on to establish the Grammy®-winning classical string quartet, the Harlem Quintet, in New York City, while younger brother Aldo remains in Havana, where he develops a uniquely Cuban-infused style of piano composition. When Aldo receives permission to visit the US for the first time (thanks to the Obama-era thaw in US-Cuban relations), the brothers fulfill their lifelong dream of performing and recording together, but their triumphant reunion is shadowed by the future’s uncertainty. Culminating in a joyous and spirited July 4th performance, this exuberant and tender film is a paean to the enduring power of music, family, and home. With an original score by Aldo and Ilmar López-Gávilan, Los hermanos/The Brothers also features appearances by Joshua Bell and the Harlem Quintet.
Fuerzas geopolíticas separan a los hermanos y virtuosos cubanos Aldo e Ilmar López-Gávilan, aun cuando su amor por la música los une. Rastreando sus esfuerzos por mantener sus lazos musicales y familiares, Los hermanos/The Brothers es un exuberante y tierno himno al poder perdurable de la música, la familia y el hogar. Con una partitura original de Aldo e Ilmar.
Presented in association with BAMPFA.
Thank you to our Community Partners Enriching Lives through Music and Latino Council & Hispanic Chamber of Commerce!