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MQT, MI

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Father the Flame

Screened at FCFF 2019

  • Year 2018
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 79 min
  • Director Chad Terpstra
  • Notes Has Subtitles, Subject in Attendance, Filmmaker in Attendance
  • Topics
    • misc.
    • michigan
    • staff favorite

Film Synopsis

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.

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