About the Film
On March 6, 2008 a flood of people, music, and kites invaded the city landfill in Managua, Nicaragua, where nearly 1,500 people live, work, and make their homes. The trash dump is called La Chureca, which means the Scavenging Place and can be described as a post-apocalyptic war zone, as people search through the piles of burning trash, looking for things to eat, fix, and recycle.
Walk alongside musician Braddigan from sunrise to sunset as he is joined by hundreds of students, artists, athletes, and musicians as they break down emotional, physical, and cultural barriers, while reawakening the dreams, imagination, and hope of the people who live there. Along the way they learn that the most powerful weapon for change can be the most surprising as they seek to bring love into a place filled with hate, light into a place filled with darkness, and replace the silence with melody using music and the arts to rebuild, restore, and bring healing to communities ravaged by extreme poverty. It is their hope to identify and meet the immediate physical needs, raise awareness about trash dump communities, and fight social injustice. Learn more...
ABOUT BRADDIGAN
Braddigan is an intense soul, a visionary living a wild and traveled life. Whether with Dispatch or his new bandmates (Reinaldo from Puerto Rico, Tiago from Brazil, and Paul from New York City), he is investing his time, talent, and treasure to give voice to the voiceless and shed light on life the world over. In his own words, "its never what you do in life, but the heart with which you do it." Learn more...
ABOUT LOVE LIGHT & MELODY
Love Light & Melody is a nonprofit organization dedicated to battling the physical, emotional, and spiritual affects of extreme poverty. They are committed to becoming experts on the life and culture inside the city trash dump in Managua, Nicaragua. The goal of Love Light & Melody is to identify and meet the immediate physical needs, raise awareness about trash dump communities, and fight social injustice. They use music and the arts to rebuild, restore, and bring healing to communities ravaged by extreme poverty. Learn more...