Landfill Harmonic Orchestra... amazing people that still surprising us
Landfill Harmonic is an upcoming feature-length documentary about a remarkable musical orchestra in Paraguay, where young musicians play instruments made from trash.
The
town of Cateura was
built virtually on top of a landfill. Situated along the banks of the
Paraguay River, the landfill receives over 1,500 more tons of solid
waste each day.There
are seven different neighborhoods built around the landfill,
accounting for over 2,500 families living in close proximity to
dangerous waste. Most of the families, including children, are
employed by the landfill as recyclers. The poverty has forced
children to work in the landfills, neglecting any education. Working
beside the families for years Favio Chavez, currently director of the orchestra
of recycled instruments on the Paraguayan landfill, became acutely aware that
the children needed something positive in their lives. He was
inspired to do something to help. He began using the trash in the
landfill to create instruments for the children.
