Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the founder of the Silk Road Ensemble, in a still from the documentary The Music of Strangers (category IIA), directed by Morgan Neville. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the founder of the Silk Road Ensemble, in a still from the documentary The Music of Strangers (category IIA), directed by Morgan Neville.
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the founder of the Silk Road Ensemble, in a still from the documentary The Music of Strangers (category IIA), directed by Morgan Neville.
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Film review: The Music of Strangers – joyous documentary on Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble

Some of the participants in Ma’s musical collective have braved repression to continue playing, and the film celebrates music’s unique ability to unite people

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James Marsh
James Marsh

Updated: 7:46pm, 25 Oct, 2016

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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the founder of the Silk Road Ensemble, in a still from the documentary The Music of Strangers (category IIA), directed by Morgan Neville. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the founder of the Silk Road Ensemble, in a still from the documentary The Music of Strangers (category IIA), directed by Morgan Neville.
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the founder of the Silk Road Ensemble, in a still from the documentary The Music of Strangers (category IIA), directed by Morgan Neville.
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