Introduced and narrated by grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, JACQUELINE DU PRÉ: GENIUS AND TRAGEDY, tells the story Jacqueline du Pré and her enigmatic genius and one of the greatest cellists of all time. It is full of candid moments off-stage and in rehearsal, together with powerful concert performances. The film’s charismatic cast of interviewees provide an incomparable insight into why the affection for du Pré and the wonder at her playing remains undiminished, nearly forty years after her death in 1987.