Father the Flame

2 films in this block • 83 minutes

Block Description

Joins for us for a film block with two local woodcarvers: We’ll start things off with Marquette native “Joe Graci Wood Sculptor” and continue with Negaunee legend and world famous pipe maker Lee Erck in “Father the Flame.”


The Films

Joe Graci Wood Sculptor

  • Year 2019
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 4 min
  • Director Josh LeClair

Marquette native Joe Graci show us the process around his passion: Wood sculpting.

Father the Flame

  • Year 2018
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 79 min
  • Director Chad Terpstra

Has Subtitles, Subject in Attendance, Filmmaker in Attendance

Father The Flame follows Lee Erck, a world-renowned pipe maker from Negaunee, as he travels the globe to explore the nearly forgotten art of tobacco pipe making.