FREE SCREENING
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 – 7:30 p.m.

In celebration of world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s return to the Lincoln on December 4, 2025, you’re invited to experience the critically acclaimed 2015 documentary that includes Ma backstage and on stage at the Lied Center!

This screening is free and open to the public. Advance tickets available through the link above or in person at the Ross Box Office the day of the show. Presented by The Lied Center for Performing Arts.

From the director of the Oscar®-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom and the critically acclaimed Best of Enemies, the film The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble tells the extraordinary story of the renowned international musical collective created by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The feature-length documentary follows this group of diverse instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, arrangers, visual artists and storytellers as they explore the power of music to preserve tradition, shape cultural evolution and inspire hope.

“We started as a group of musicians getting together and seeing what might happen when strangers meet.” -Yo-Yo Ma

96 minutes | Not Rated

PLEASE NOTE: This is a rental event presented by an outside organization. The views and opinions expressed in rental programming are those of the presenting organization and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, its staff, or the University of Nebraska.