The Bowmakers

The Bowmakers (2019)

The story of the most important instrument you’ve never heard of.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2019-09-27
  • User Rating: 9/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 46min
  • Production Company: Woody Creek Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Ward Serrill
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Summary

This documentary film explores the world of the bow and the extraordinary masters who make them. The bow is the Cinderella of the orchestra—the overworked and overshadowed ally to its more glamorous partners. Few people, even among lovers of classical music, think of the bow as an instrument in its own right, but players of stringed instruments see them differently. To musicians, the bow is as essential to expressing the soul of the music as the violin or cello. The film follows the journey of the “silent servant” of the music world—from the workshops of the virtuosos of the trade, to the birthplace of the bow in France, and to Brazil, home to the imperiled tree from which the world’s finest bows are made.

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  • Charles Espey

    as Self, bow-maker
  • Paul Siefried

    as Self, bow-maker
  • Robert Morrow

    as Self, bow-maker
  • Ole Kanestrom

    as Self, bow-maker
  • Cody Kowalski

    as Self, bow-maker
  • Stéphane Tomachot

    as Self, bow-maker
  • Joséphine Tomachot

    as Self, bow-maker
  • Noel Burke

    as Self, bow-maker
  • Johnny Gandelsman

    as Self, violinist, Brooklyn Rider
  • Colin Jacobsen

    as Self, violinist, Brooklyn Rider
  • Nicholas Cords

    as Self, violist, Brooklyn Rider
  • Michael Nicolas

    as Self, cellist, Brooklyn Rider
  • Joel Link

    as Self, violinist, Dover Quartet
  • Bryan Lee

    as Self, violinist, Dover Quartet
  • Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt

    as Self, violist, Dover Quartet
  • Camden Shaw

    as Self, cellis, Dover Quartet
  • Daniel Ching

    as Self, violinist, Miró Quartet
  • William Fedkenheuer

    as Self, violinist, Miró Quartet
  • John Largess

    as Self, violist, Miró Quartet
  • Joshua Gindele

    as Self, cellist, Miró Quartet
  • Sean Carpenter

    as Self, violinist
Production Rocky Friedman Producer
Directing Ward Serrill Director
Writing Ward Serrill Writer
Editing Eric Frith Editor

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