The West Newton Cinema Foundation will host the U.S. theatrical premiere of Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity on June 13 at 6PM at the West Newton Cinema, followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmaker Larry Weinstein, philosopher and novelist Rebecca Goldstein, Harvard Professor Dr. Steven Pinker, and author Jeremy Eichler to discuss the film.
Tickets can be purchased online.
In early 2023, filmmaker Larry Weinstein set out to make a documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. It was supposed to be about how far we have come in the two hundred years since it was written. But when world events pull Larry into his own film, the question becomes a deeply personal one. Beethoven’s Nine is a documentary about music, but also about war and hope. It follows nine unique individuals, including Ukrainian musicians, a deaf composer, a Polish rock star, a best-selling author, a legendary cartoonist and Weinstein himself, as they try to better understand the legacy of Beethoven’s Ninth, the composer’s own struggles, the inspiration music can provide and how humanity continues to look for hope even in the darkest times.
