A retired music teacher sets out to create a youth orchestra, the first of its kind for immigrant families in Georgia.

LA ORQUESTA follows Juana Azaga, an indomitable teacher and activist, and her orchestra over the course of one school year. Through cinéma vérité, intimate interviews and archival footage, the film tells the story of a community coming together to offer its children opportunities that should be accessible to all, even as they navigate health and financial challenges and increasing hostility toward immigrants.

LA ORQUESTA is a co-production of Latino Public Broadcasting and Xerophile Studios with additional support provided by Alternate Roots and the Chimaera Project. The film is currently streaming on PBS as part POV Shorts, co-presented by LPB’s VOCES.