Wavemakers
Director Caroline Martel
Countries Canada, Canada
Duration 96 min
Synopsis
A modern-day journey set against a historical background, this feature documentary pursues the legacy of the most sensitive of electronic musical instruments, the Ondes Martenot. Integrating vérité, never-before-seen archives and an entrancing soundtrack, WAVEMAKERS tracks an ensemble of Martenot aficionados as they seek to unravel its mysteries. Among them are the inventor’s son, Jean-Louis Martenot, Suzanne Binet-Audet, the “Jimi Hendrix of the Martenot”, and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
A modern-day journey set against a historical background, this feature documentary pursues the legacy of the most sensitive of electronic musical instruments, the Ondes Martenot. Integrating vérité, never-before-seen archives and an entrancing soundtrack, WAVEMAKERS tracks an ensemble of Martenot aficionados as they seek to unravel its mysteries. Among them are the inventor’s son, Jean-Louis Martenot, Suzanne Binet-Audet, the “Jimi Hendrix of the Martenot”, and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.