The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

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documentary film feature-length film

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble is a documentary film that follows cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his multicultural Silk Road Ensemble, exploring how music fosters cross-cultural collaboration, identity, and understanding.

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Label	Occurrences
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	documentary film ⓘ feature-length film ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Graham Willoughby ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Morgan Neville ⓘ
distributor	The Orchard ⓘ
editedBy	Jason Zeldes ⓘ
explores	how music fosters cross-cultural collaboration ⓘ how music promotes understanding ⓘ how music shapes identity ⓘ
features	archival footage ⓘ interviews with Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ performances by the Silk Road Ensemble ⓘ
filmingLocationsInclude	multiple countries ⓘ
focusesOn	Silk Road Ensemble musicians ⓘ personal stories of ensemble members ⓘ power of music to build understanding ⓘ
genre	biographical documentary ⓘ cultural documentary ⓘ music documentary ⓘ
hasReviewAggregation	Metacritic ⓘ Rotten Tomatoes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Silk Road Ensemble ⓘ Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ
musicBy	Silk Road Ensemble ⓘ
partOfCareerOf	Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ
portrays	art as a response to conflict ⓘ intercultural dialogue through music ⓘ musicians from diverse cultural backgrounds ⓘ
producer	Caitrin Rogers ⓘ Morgan Neville ⓘ
relatedToProject	Silk Road Project ⓘ
releaseYear	2015 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	96 ⓘ
starring	Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ
subject	cross-cultural collaboration ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ globalization ⓘ migration ⓘ music ⓘ refugee experience ⓘ
theatricalReleaseYear	2016 ⓘ
worldPremiereAt	Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ
worldPremiereYear	2015 ⓘ

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Subject: The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Description of subject: The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble is a documentary film that follows cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his multicultural Silk Road Ensemble, exploring how music fosters cross-cultural collaboration, identity, and understanding.

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Silk Road Ensemble → workFeaturedIn → The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble ⓘ