What to do with a broken violin peg, or a leaky euphonium? For students in the Los Angeles Unified School District, such a predicament doesn’t mean catastrophe.
They have at their disposal a repair shop where a quartet of dedicated individuals attend to damaged instruments, restoring them to exemplary condition.
This repair shop is the focus of a new documentary directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers (Oscar-nominated for A Concerto Is a Conversation), The Last Repair Shop, which made its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on Saturday.
The finality of the title alludes to a salient fact about this shop tucked away in an unprepossessing corner of Los Angeles: “It is… the last American city to provide freely repaired instruments to its public school students.” Bowers is a pianist and composer who has scored numerous films and television series, including Green Book, King Richard, Bridgerton, the upcoming The Color Purple, and Ava DuVernay’s Origin, which premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday.
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