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The Bowmakers

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

8.0(3)20191h 46m1

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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Released
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Language
EN
  • france
  • violin
  • cello
  • bow
  • washington state
  • wood
  • woodworking
  • brazil

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Director

Ward Serrill

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical27 Sept 2019

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The Bowmakers was released on 27 September 2019.

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