FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FROM MORGAN NEVILLE, DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING 20 FEET FROM STARDOM. *** THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE tells the story of the international musical collective created by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The documentary follows this group of instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, arrangers, visual artists...

Sing Me Home The new album from Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Sing Me Home, is a deeply moving global tribute to the “music of home.” It features guest artists Abigail Washburn, Bill Frisell, Gregory Porter, Lisa Fischer, Rhiannon Giddens, and Sarah Jarosz. Buy It Now: Itunes Amazon Google Play Listen Now: Spotify Apple...

PRESS "MUSICALLY DELIGHTFUL! A first-rate music film capturing a restless desire to communicate... the spirit of hybrid creativity is infectious." - John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter "AN IRRESISTIBLE KALEIDOSCOPE OF MUSIC AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP... Finds poetry in the ability of music to bring us home again, wherever we may travel." - Moira MacDonald, The Seattle Times "A JOYOUS REVELATION, a...

TAIWAN Distributor: Sky Digi Opens on September 14th, 2016 GERMANY, AUSTRIA & SWITZERLAND Distributor: NFP Opens on September 15th, 2016 HONG KONG Distributor: Edko Opens on October 27th, 2016 CANADA CBC TV Premiere on October 23, 2016 at 9pm ET UK Distributor: The Orchard Opens on November 18th, 2016 ITALY Distributor: I Wonder Pictures Opens on November 24th, 2016 FRANCE Distributor: Urban Media Pictures Opens: December...

IN UK CINEMAS & ON DEMAND NOVEMBER 18 UK CINEMAS: 4/12/16 & 7/12/16 Zefferellis Ambleside 9/12/16 - 14/12/16 Arc Stockton-On-Tees 13/1216 & 15/12/16 Barn Dartington 27/12/16 & 31/12/16 Watershed Bristol 29/12/16 Broadway Nottingham 9/1/17 Errol Flynn Filmhouse Northampton 10/1/17 The Plough Arts Centre Torrington 15/1/17 & 19/1/17 Pomegranate Chesterfield 17/1/17 Theatr Clwyd 2/1/17 Ludlow Assembly...

THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER.

CURRICULUM Silkroad, the Ensemble’s parent organization, is collaborating with Journeys in Film and Participant Media to develop a curriculum for high school students rooted in content from The Music of Strangers. The curriculum is designed to help students understand the role arts play in inspiring connections with other subjects, with each other, and with current events. Lessons...

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS MORGAN NEVILLE MORGAN NEVILLE (Director, Producer) is one of the top documentary filmmakers in the industry. His film 20 Feet from Stardom won the 2014 Academy Award® for Best Documentary as well as a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. Neville has been nominated for four additional Grammys including bids for Respect...

THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE Inspired by the exchange of ideas and traditions along the historical Silk Road, cellist Yo-Yo Ma established the Silk Road Project (Silkroad) in 1998 to explore how the arts can advance global understanding. Since 2000, the musicians of the Silk Road Ensemble have led Silkroad’s work to connect the world through...

ABOUT THE FILM “The intersection of cultures is where new things emerge.” - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist and founder of the Silk Road Ensemble Over the past 16 years, an extraordinary group of musicians has come together to celebrate the universal power of music. Named for the ancient trade route linking Asia, Africa and Europe, The...