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Internetowa edycja 64. KFF
Don Lewis and the Live Electronic Orchestra
USA2023documentary80'International DocFilmMusic Competition
America was not ready for such a revolution. In the 1970s, Don Lewis, who was an electronic engineer and musician, constructed a synthesizer that could generate and mix sounds on an unprecedented scale. However, trade unions protested the invention as they feared it might make musicians jobless. In this way, the story of success turned into a drama of a man striving for recognition and struggling with racial prejudice. The documentary does justice to the inventor demonstrating the significance of his influence on the development of music, not only electronic. Indirectly, it also reveals the concerns provoked by technological development.
- directed by
- Ned AugustenborgQ&A guest
Film director and producer, a native of Los Angeles. He has produced documentaries on such subjects as California's prison crisis, a struggling L.A. Rock Band and a bio on Nobel Prize winner Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. A recipient of multiple EMMY and CableACE Awards, he has produced for CNN, CNBC, NBC, ESPN, Prime Ticket, and MSNBC. After schooling at the University of Southern California and the University of Arizona, Ned worked in News, Sports and Studio Management. Currently he's working with Stanford University on documenting the history of computer music and the discovery of FM Synthesis.
- protagonists
- Julia Lewis Q&A guest
- production
- Ned Augustenborg (Augustenborg Productions)
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