'The Last Repair Shop' wins Oscar: Doc on LAUSD instrument shop takes home prize

While for many the focus of Sunday's 96th Academy Awards ceremony was on the "Barbenheimers" and the A-List celebrities, a documentary about Los Angeles' local schools took home hardware in one of the documentary categories."The Last Repair Shop" won the Oscar for Best Documentary Sunday. The film tells the story of the small group of people who maintain the more than 130,000 musical instruments used by LAUSD students – for free.

"PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 'The Last Repair Shop' documentary strikes chord with Crenshaw students in emotional screeningThe LAUSD's instrument repair shop is one of the last in the nation, and has been in operation since 1959. The documentary focuses on the shop's employees, and is interwoven with the stories of students using instruments they would not be able to afford otherwise. The film ends with an orchestral performance by both present-day LAUSD students and alumni.

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