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The Typewriter (In the 21st Century)

A film about a machine and the people who use, love and repair it.

  • 2012
  • 58m
  • Documentary

30+ interviews in 10 U.S. states with authors, collectors, journalists, professors, bloggers, students, artists, inventors and repairmen (and women) who meet up for ‘Type-In’ gatherings to both celebrate and use their decidedly lo-tech typewriters in a plugged-in world.

Cast

Manfred Ballweg

Self - Typewriter Repairman

Donna Brady

Self - Typewriter Repairman

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