https:\/\/webtv.un.org\/en\/asset\/k1t\/k1tijqt9dd<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nOn Sunday, 21 June 2026, on World Music Day<\/b>, the UN Movie Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council <\/b>is honoured to present a special conversation with filmmaker Ben Proudfoot<\/b>, director of the Oscar Award-winning film THE LAST REPAIR SHOP<\/i><\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nTHE LAST REPAIR SHOP<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0is a powerful and deeply moving film that tells the story of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Musical Instrument Repair Shop \u2014 the last of its kind in the United States. In a country where most cities have long abandoned free instrument repair for public school students, Los Angeles has kept this extraordinary service alive, and the craftspeople who run it have quietly changed thousands of young lives. Through intimate portraits of four master technicians \u2014 including Steve, an Armenian refugee whose own life was transformed by the kindness of a piano tuner after his father was murdered and he fled his homeland \u2014 and the children whose love of music they help sustain, the film reveals the profound healing power of music and the human will to repair what is broken. Co-directed with composer Chris Bowers, himself a product of the LAUSD public school system, THE LAST REPAIR SHOP<\/i>\u00a0is a film that restores faith in humanity \u2014 and in each other.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nWorld Music Day reminds us that music is not a luxury but a human right \u2014 a universal language that transcends borders, cultures, and conflict. As enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, every child has the right to express themselves through music, to create, to dream, and to grow. When a child picks up a violin, a clarinet, or sits down at a piano, they are not only learning an instrument \u2014 they are learning to listen, to collaborate, to harmonize, and to become more fully human. These are the very qualities the United Nations was founded to nurture in the world.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThrough THE LAST REPAIR SHOP<\/i>, the UN Movie Society celebrates a film that champions the core values of the United Nations: the belief that broken things \u2014 instruments, communities, relationships, and even nations \u2014 can be repaired where there is the will to do so. As director Ben Proudfoot reflects, if a violin can be repaired, what else can be repaired? \u00a0In the spirit of the United Nations, the film reminds us that peace is not an inevitability of war, but a choice \u2014 made one act of repair at a time.\u00a0 Since its Oscar win, the film has already inspired over $5 million in funding to preserve the Repair Shop and expand its team of technicians, nearly doubling the number of craftspeople serving the children of Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nFounded at the United Nations Headquarters by Brenda Vongova, the UN Movie Society is committed to championing the goals and values of the United Nations through the universal language of motion pictures.<\/p>\n
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PROGRAMME<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nUN Movie Society
of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council
Brenda Vongova, Artistic Director<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\nInterview with Ben Proudfoot,
Film Director of THE LAST REPAIR SHOP<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n****************************<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\u00a0<\/p>\nSPECIAL THANKS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nUN Department of Global Communications<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nBreakwater Studios Ltd.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLiam Lui Martin, Cameraman
Omar Soubra, Video Editing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nOpening and Closing Music:<\/i>
UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council
Brenda Vongova, Artistic Director<\/p>\n
CHARLES GOUNOD (1818 \u2013 1893) Ave Maria (Originally published as \u201cM\u00e9ditation sur le Premier Pr\u00e9lude de Piano de S. Bach\u201d)<\/i>
Derek Louie (Cello), Brenda Vongova (Piano)
Ehren L. Valm\u00e9, Audio Production<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t <\/p>\n
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