| THE BROTHERS (LOS HERMANOS) (84 min) Cuba/US |
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Directors: Marcia Jarmel, Ken
Schneider
Producers: Marcia Jarmel, Ken
Schneider, Eréndira
Olivera
Description:
Virtuoso Afro-Cuban-born brothers—violinist Ilmar and
pianist Aldo—live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a
half-century wide. Tracking their parallel lives in New York and
Havana, their poignant reunion, and their momentous first
performances together, Los Hermanos/The
Brothers offers a nuanced, often startling
view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family.
Featuring an electrifying, genre-bending score, composed by Cuban
Aldo López-Gavilán, performed with his American brother, Ilmar, and
with guest appearances by maestro Joshua Bell and the Harlem Quartet.
Biography:
Ken Schneider is a
Peabody-winning producer/director who has also edited nearly 40
feature documentaries for PBS, HBO, Showtime and Al-Jazeera, and
others. He received a Peabody as Co-producer and editor of Soft
Vengeance. He edited the Oscar-nominated Regret to Inform.
Other films he edited have earned multiple Emmys, a Columbia-Dupont,
three Peabodys, an Indie Spirit and top awards at the Sundance Film
Festival. Ken is drawn to stories of war and peace, human rights,
artists, American history, contemporary social issues, and Cuba.
Marcia Jarmel has produced
and directed a slate of award-winning films for PatchWorks Films. She
also works as a consultant and impact strategist on a broad range of
films, including the Oscar nominee Last Day of
Freedom and HBO’s Emmy-nominated 50
Children. She has served as a juror for the
Emmys, BAVC MediaMaker, and many film festivals. Other credits
include co-editing the Academy Award nominee, For
Better or For Worse, and assistant producing
the Academy Award nominees, Berkeley in the
Sixties and Freedom on
my Mind.
Eréndira Olivera is a Mexican video and film editor and producer based in the Bay
Area. Eréndira began her career as an independent filmmaker making
videos for nonprofits organizations like Oxfam Mexico, Oxfam GBS and
Save the Children. In 2014 she moved to California where she has
produced and edit award-winning short films and web series for rLoop,
TE Connectivity, and Stanford SEED. She is an associate producer for Los
Hermanos/The Brothers for PatchWorks Films.
Contact Information:
w: http://www.hermanosbrothersfilm.info
e: marcia@patchworksfilms.net
