Joe's Violin

Whether they stand against the metaphorical force of social injustice or the literal force of a bullet, the heroes in this program remind us how much one person can do to change the lives of others. The staggering challenges of Philadelphia’s volunteer clinic for immigrants are balanced with individual human victories in “Clínica de Migrantes;” scenes of tragedy tell a powerful story of seemingly inevitable violence in “Speaking is Difficult;” European tourists and Syrian refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos sit down for casual conversations about their contrasting lives in “The Island of All Together;” and in “Joe’s Violin,” a small gift connects the story of a Holocaust survivor’s past to a 12-year-old schoolgirl’s future.