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The Last Repair Shop

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7.5/10 • 37

2024-02-160h 40m

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In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been dedicated to bringing so much more than music to the schoolchildren of this city.

Directors
Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers
Editors
Nick Garnham Wright

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Dana Atkinson

    Dana Atkinson

    Self

  2. Duane Michaels

    Duane Michaels

    Self

  3. Paty Moreno

    Paty Moreno

    Self

  4. Steve Bagmanyan

    Steve Bagmanyan

    Self

  5. Ken Burget

    Ken Burget

    Self - The Piano Tuner

  6. Vincent Womack

    Vincent Womack

    Self - L.A.U.S.D. Music Teacher Since 19987

  7. Boris Karloff

    Boris Karloff

    The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)

  8. Tom Parker

    Tom Parker

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  9. Elvis Presley

    Elvis Presley

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

Mar 22, 2024

7/10

This is quite an engaging documentary that introduces us to four specialist technicians who maintain some of the musical instruments that are provided free to pupils in the Los Angeles school system. Prefaced by a few words from each of the children who benefit from the violins, tubas, pianos and saxophones to name but a few, we then meet four of the people - from a variety of interesting, sometimes quite traumatic, backgrounds - as they show us just how meticulously they work to keep these instruments alive and useful. To be honest, I could have been doing with just a little more performance from the would-be students, but these characters who put their heart and soul into preserving these musical tools come across as dedicated and passionate. The same can be said for the students - especially the young violinist at the start whose smile just about says it all. We end with a rousing section from the alumni of students who have benefitted over the years and this is a fine testament to the role of music in an education system that doesn't just focus on the academic.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
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