Ward Serrill
Ward Serrill is the award-winning writer and director of The Heart of the Game, released by Miramax to wide critical acclaim, as well as The Bowmakers. He has created more than 90 short films including Building One House with Robert Redford and Wild America with Sissy Spacek. 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.
Rocky Friedman
Rocky Friedman has been managing the 1907 Rose Theatre in Port Townsend’s National Historic District for over 30 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 graduate of the University of Southern California Department of Cinema. The Bowmakers is his first film as a producer.
The Bowmakers is a feature-length documentary that explores the world of the bow and the extraordinary masters who make them.
Few people, even among lovers of classical music, think of the bow as an instrument in its own right, but players of stringed instruments see them differently. To musicians, the bow is as essential to expressing the soul of the music as the violin or cello.
The film follows the journey of the “silent servant” of the music world—from the workshops of the virtuosos of the trade to the birthplace of the bow in France, and to Brazil, home to the imperiled tree from which the world’s finest bows are made.
The Bowmakers is a celebration of artisanal craftsmanship and reveals the importance of carrying on the old-world tradition from generation to generation.
Welcome to the Scientology Network Documentary Showcase
Fundamental to Scientology is a humanitarian mission of extraordinary scope, now extending to some 200 nations. Included therein are programs for human rights, human decency, literacy, morality, drug prevention and disaster relief.
For this reason, the Scientology Network provides a platform for Independent filmmakers who embrace a vision of building a better world.
