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DocumentaryMusic

The Last Repair Shop

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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.

Release Date : 2024-02-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Breakwater StudiosLA Times Studios

Production Country : United States of America

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Cast

Dana Atkinson

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Dana Atkinson

Gender : Male

Duane Michaels

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Duane Michaels

Gender : Male

Paty Moreno

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Paty Moreno

Gender : Male

Steve Bagmanyan

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Steve Bagmanyan

Gender : Male

Ken Burget

Character Name : Self - The Piano Tuner

Original Name : Ken Burget

Gender : Male

Vincent Womack

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

Original Name : Vincent Womack

Gender : Male

Boris Karloff

Character Name : The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Boris Karloff

Gender : Male

Tom Parker

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Parker

Gender : Male

Elvis Presley

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Elvis Presley

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-22

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.