For over 250 years, Ludwig Van Beethoven’s work has given individuals an artistic resource for living well and living with an admirable purpose. Ten years ago, filmmaker Kerry Candaele set out on a journey around the world to understand this enduring legacy and answer some simple and open questions: How does Beethoven continue to work upon the world? What is it about this man, his extraordinary life and remarkable artistic gifts that keeps him new and alive to us?
The Trilogy
In the Beethoven | Hero Trilogy, three deeply personal films take us on a journey through history and around the world, telling stories of the enduring power of Beethoven’s creations, the ways they live within us, and how they often transcend the boundaries that separate us. Starting with Following the Ninth, the award-winning documentary that explores the impact of Beethoven’s final symphony, followed by Love & Justice and the story of Chileans sustaining hope in the face of political repression, and culminating with Last Will and Testament, focusing on Beethoven’s powerful late quartets, The Beethoven Hero trilogy will be on a screening tour across the US in 2024.
Following The Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony, follows Candaele as he journeys across five continents to explore the resounding impact of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Love & Justice: In The Footsteps of Beethoven's Rebel Opera brings together Beethoven's quest for love and justice and the harrowing yet inspiring tales of those impacted by Chile's 1973 coup
The trilogy's concluding film, Last Will & Testament: Beethoven's Late String Quartets, is a tender and contemplative look at Beethoven's final years.
LOVE & JUSTICE THEATRICAL TOUR 2024
October 17
Cineteca Nacional
Santiago, Chile
May 6
Beethoven-Haus
Bonn, Germany
September 26
Greenbelt Cinema
Greenbelt, MD
May 1
Symphony Space Theater
New York, NY
May 8
Cinema & Kurbelkiste
Munster, Germany
June 15
a/perture Theater
Winston-Salem, NC
February 18
Odeon Kino
Cologne, Germany
September 19
Sebastiani Theatre
Sonoma, CA
September 8-12
Vancity Theatre
Vancouver, BC
PAST SCREENINGS IN OVER 250 CITIES
September 8
Siff Film Center
Seattle, WA
September 14
Cinema 21
Portland, OR
March 15
Broadway Theatre
Salt Lake City, UT
June 5
Gold Nugget Theater
Telluride, CO
June 11
Eclipse Theater
Breckenridge, CO
June 15
eTown Theater
Boulder, CO
July 15
Denver Film SIE Film
Denver, CO
June 23
Jean Cocteau Cinema
Santa Fe, NM
April 30
New Vic Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA
SPECIAL EVENT SCREENINGS
Lincoln Center
New York, NY
The Gene Siskel Center
Chicago, IL
Babylon Theatre
Berlin, Germany
Casa Del Cinema
Rome, Italy
American Film Institute
Silver Springs, MD
Quad Theater
New York, NY
Laemmle Music Hall
Beverly Hills, CA
Majestic Theater
Crested Butte, CO
Mary D. Fisher Theater
Sedona, AZ
Reviews
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The Village Voice
“Each anecdote builds upon the next to create that rarest of films: a documentary as VOICE ineffable and transformative as it sets out to be.”
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The New York Times
“Thrilling, smartly assembled and gracefully paced”
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Bill Moyers
“The film is beautiful and powerful.......If millions could experience its affirming and incandescent message, we might turn around the destructive dynamics that are overwhelming the earth.”
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NPR
Melissa Block of NPR's All Things Considered interviews npr Kerry Candaele about the enduring power of Beethoven.
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José Blanco Jiménez
“Love & Justice combines the musical style with the cinematographic language of the great masters. The camera handling of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, the box of surprises of Citizen Kane, the ambivalence of fiction and reality of François Truffaut’s The American, but also the narrative and scenic skill of Peter Greenaway.”
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Ariel Dorfman
“A very moving film. What a journey. And thank you for remembering our tragedy and our struggles.”
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Telluride Daily PLanet
“Love & Justice proves that classical music can inspire and educated anyone. It’s not meant to be a rarified experience. Love & Justice is a moving film, with grand artistry on display.”
