The Last Repair Shop tells the story of the L.A. Unified School District's Musical Instrument Repair Shop, where 11 technicians service about 6,000 instruments each year for more than 1,300 schools across the city.The Last Repair Shop filmmakers Kris Bowers, left, and Ben Proudfoot, right, pose with two of the documentary's stars, L.A. student musicians Porché Brinker, centre left, and Ismeral Calcaneo, centre right.
It spotlights the shop's staff, including Bagmanyan, as well as the students who benefit from their work, showing how music has changed each of their lives in momentous ways., co-director Ben Proudfoot, a Halifax native, called the film "a vehicle to get people to stand up and cheer for music and arts education around the world."Now, that's exactly what people are doing.
As the money comes in, Bagmanyan says he and the school district have big plans — new equipment, upgraded tools, more technicians and, if possible, an apprenticeship program. After years of toiling in relative obscurity, he and his colleagues are now attending screenings, doing media interviews and going to red carpet events.
Porché joins Proudfoot and Bowers on stage to accept the Best Documentary Short Film award at the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 10. "This is our Oscars right there. Every note is our Oscar. Every thank you email from a teacher, that's our Oscar," he said.When Bagmanyan started working at the shop as a piano tuner in 2003, it had a staff of nearly 30, he said.
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