PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY RON MANN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: CARTER LOGAN, MICHAEL HIRSH WRITER: LEN BLUM MUSIC: THE SADIES DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JOHN M TRAN, BECKY PARSONS EDITOR: ROBERT KENNEDY WITH: ESZTER BALINT, CHRISTINE BOUGIE (BAHAMAS), NELS CLINE (WILCO), KIRK DOUGLAS (THE ROOTS), ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER, BILL FRISELL, DALLAS GOOD (THE SADIES), TRAVIS GOOD (THE SADIES), DAVE HILL, JAIME HINCE (THE KILLS), STEWART HURWOOD, JIM JARMUSCH (SQÜRL), LENNY KAYE (PATTI SMITH BAND), MARC RIBOT, CHARLIE SEXTON (BOB DYLAN BAND) Once the centre of the New York bohemia, Greenwich Village is now home to lux restaurants, and buzzer door clothing stores catering to the nouveau riche. But one shop in the heart of the Village remains resilient to the encroaching gentrification: Carmine Street Guitars. There, custom guitar maker Rick Kelly and his young apprentice Cindy Hulej, build handcrafted guitars out of reclaimed wood from old hotels, bars, churches and other local buildings. Nothing looks or sounds quite like a Rick Kelly guitar, which is the reason they are embraced by the likes of Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Jim Jarmusch, just to name a few. Featuring a cast of prominent musicians and artists, the film captures five days in the life of Carmine Street Guitars, while examining an all-too-quickly vanishing way of life. Press kit and high rez images: http://www.filmswelike.com/films/carmine-street-guitars

Carmine Street Guitars, the surprise-hit documentary by award-winning Toronto-based filmmaker Ron Mann premieres June 25th on Apple TV (Canada). Exclusive to Apple TV are 30 minutes of additional bonus performances by musicians Steve Gunn, Bill Kirchen, Mary Halvorson, Julie Byrne, Popa Chubby, Willie Nile, The Sadies and Vieux Farka Touré.

 Carmine Street Guitars is an intimate portrait of five days in the life of the fabled Greenwich Village guitar store. Featuring a cast of prominent musicians, it captures an all-too-quickly vanishing way of life. Rolling Stone called the film “a love letter to New York” and “an absolutely essential documentary about the importance of community.”

Carmine Street Guitars is released by Films We Like and was produced by Sphinx Productions in association with Crave (formally The Movie Network) Bell Media,

Telefilm Canada, Ontario Creates and the Rogers Cable Network and Documentary Fund.  The film will be available to download here: https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/carmine-street-guitars/umc.cmc.2z3y75qja3was37k5hssntmw4

 

About Films We Like
Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Recent releases include Wild Nights with Emily, Echo in the Canyon and Paris is Burning.

 

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