LOS ANGELES, May 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientology Network's
DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE — the weekly series providing a platform for
independent filmmakers to air films on important social, cultural
and environmental issues — presents the documentary The
Bowmakers, on May 3, 2024.
DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE airs Fridays at 8
p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.
The Bowmakers is an eye-opening account on the surprising
significance of the bow. Hailed by experts as an instrument in
itself, the bow is critical in shaping the sound of even the
world's finest stringed instruments. Going from the workshops of
the few remaining masters to the forests of Brazil, where the trees from which the finest
bows are made, the film celebrates the value of the old-world
craftsmanship and the importance of passing on the secrets to a new
generation.
Directed by Ward Serrill, The
Bowmakers illuminates the importance of communities working
together in creating the world's most timeless music — from the
farmers who harvest the wood and craftsmen who spend years
perfecting the techniques to musicians and composers who strive to
express the full range of colors from the instruments.
ABOUT WARD SERRILL
Ward Serrill is the award-winning
writer and director of The Heart of the
Game, released to wide critical acclaim, as well
as The Bowmakers. He has created more than 90 short
films including Building One
House and Wild America. He recently
completed his fourth feature, Dancing with the Dead: the
Life and Times of Red Pine.
Ward's memoir, To Crack the World Open—Solitude,
Alaska, and a Dog Named
Woody was published by Girl Friday Books. His
inaugural book of poetry, The Underside Color of Green, was
published in 2023.
ABOUT ROCKY FRIEDMAN
Rocky Friedman has been managing
the 1907 Rose Theatre in Port
Townsend's National Historic District for 27 years. At the
time of its restoration in 1992, it was recognized by the
Washington State Office of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation as the last surviving
nickelodeon in the state. The Rose has been presenting independent
and Hollywood films, including
documentaries, foreign, classics and programming from the
Metropolitan Opera, National Theatre of London and the Bolshoi Ballet. Friedman
co-founded the Port Townsend Film
Festival and the School of Athens Lecture Series. He is a 1976
graduate of the University of Southern
California Department of Cinema. The Bowmakers is his
first film as a producer.
ABOUT DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE
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extends to some 200 nations with programs for human rights, human
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For this reason, the Scientology Network provides a platform for
Independent filmmakers who embrace a vision of building a better
world.
DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE debuts films weekly from award-winning
Independent filmmakers whose goal is to improve society by raising
awareness of social, cultural and environmental issues.
For more information, visit Scientology.tv/docs.
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