'The Last Repair Shop,' a short documentary following the team that repair and maintain instruments for Los Angeles Unified School District music classes, won an Oscar on Sunday, and some students even got a chance to attend the Academy Awards show.The film, co-directed by Ben Proudfoot and LAUSD alum Kris Bowers, follows the four person team that service the instruments and ensure that children get a chance to discover the wonders of music.
'I played saxophone for a short while, those instruments were incredibly important, and whenever they were broken or needed repair, I assumed they were being sent to the manufacturer,' Bowers said. 'I never thought about how they were being repaired. And so when Ben told me about the story, I immediately realized â it never dawned on me the people that go behind the scenes to make sure that this young kid that needs to play this piano every day has that piano.