Short Film on LA Schools’ Musical Instrument Repair Shop Wins an Oscar

Ben Proudfoot, left, and Kris Bowers, right,, winners of the Best Documentary Short Film award for “The Last Repair Shop,” and Mstyslav Chernov, winner of the Best Documentary Feature Film award for “20 Days in Mariupol” after the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024. Mike Coppola/Getty Images

And the Oscar for short documentary goes to ... a film about fixing musical instruments for Los Angeles public school students.

“The Last Repair Shop,” a 40-minute film focusing on four specialists who repair instruments for Los Angeles Unified School District students, was honored Sunday night at the Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.