Los Hermanos/The Brothers

About Los Hermanos/The Brothers

Virtuoso Afro-Cuban-born brothers—violinist Ilmar and pianist Aldo—live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half-century wide. Tracking their parallel lives in New York and Havana, their poignant reunion, and their momentous first performances together, Los Hermanos/The Brothers suggests what is possible when walls come down, and borders are crossed.

Ken Schneider and Marcia Jarmel directed Los Hermanos/The Brothers, a 2020 documentary music film.

Aldo López-Gavilán Junco appears as himself, and Ilmar Gavilán as himself. Released in November 2020, it runs 84 minutes.

In the United States it streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel.

It carries a NR rating.