Ara Malikian: A Life Among Strings

[Available to watch between Oct. 16 at 12 a.m. and Oct. 22 at 11:59 p.m. as part of the 8th annual Cine Latino at Home festival at the MSP Film Society at the St. Anthony on Main Theater; for information, log on to mspfilm.org or ticketing@mspfilm.org.] Memorable, vibrant violin music dominates Nata Moreno's engaging, entertaining, critically acclaimed, colorful, arty, 89-minute, 2019 documentary that examines the struggles and career of talented, eccentric, flamboyant, smoky-eyed, classically trained, Armenia-born violinist Ara Malikian who lost much of his family during the Armenian genocide in 1915, grew up in Lebanon, moved to Germany to train at Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media at 15 years of age, has made more than 25 albums, and has performed worldwide at sold-out venues.
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