The Bowmakers (2019)

ALL 09/27/2019 (en) Documentary 106 Min
  • Release
    09/27/2019
  • Production
    Woody Creek Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    90%
  • Original title
    The Bowmakers
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

Overview

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.

  1. Ward Serrill

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Eric Frith

    Editor

  4. Rocky Friedman

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Charles Espey

    Self, bow-maker

  2. Paul Siefried

    Self, bow-maker

  3. Robert Morrow

    Self, bow-maker

  4. Ole Kanestrom

    Self, bow-maker

  5. Cody Kowalski

    Self, bow-maker

  6. Stéphane Tomachot

    Self, bow-maker

  7. Joséphine Tomachot

    Self, bow-maker

  8. Noel Burke

    Self, bow-maker

  9. Johnny Gandelsman

    Self, violinist, Brooklyn Rider

  10. Colin Jacobsen

    Self, violinist, Brooklyn Rider

  11. Nicholas Cords

    Self, violist, Brooklyn Rider

  12. Michael Nicolas

    Self, cellist, Brooklyn Rider

  13. Joel Link

    Self, violinist, Dover Quartet

  14. Bryan Lee

    Self, violinist, Dover Quartet

  15. Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt

    Self, violist, Dover Quartet

  16. Camden Shaw

    Self, cellis, Dover Quartet

  17. Daniel Ching

    Self, violinist, Miró Quartet

  18. William Fedkenheuer

    Self, violinist, Miró Quartet

  19. John Largess

    Self, violist, Miró Quartet

  20. Joshua Gindele

    Self, cellist, Miró Quartet

  21. Sean Carpenter

    Self, violinist

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 21 , Crews : 4

Keyword

The Bowmakers (2019) 106 Min

ALL 09/27/2019 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 09/27/2019
  • Production
    Woody Creek Pictures
  • Original title The Bowmakers
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Ward Serrill

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Eric Frith

    Editor

  4. Rocky Friedman

    Producer