Want to watch 'Shaping Bamboo' in the comfort of your own home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Hugo Zemp-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.
We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Shaping Bamboo' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Shaping Bamboo' right now, here are some specifics about the documentary flick.
Released , 'Shaping Bamboo' stars 'Irisipau, Supamae 'Irisitapa'a, Kinipa'ea, Ooreana The movie has a runtime of about 33 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from top users.
You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "For the Areare people of the Solomon Islands the most valued music is that of the four types of panpipe ensembles With the exception of slit drums all musical instruments are made of bamboo therefore the general word for instruments and the music performed with them is bamboo au This film shows the making of panpipes from the cutting the bamboo in the forest to the making of the final bindings The most important part of the work consists in shaping each tube to its necessary length Most Areare panpipe makers measure the length of old instruments before they shape new tubes Master musician Irisipau surprisingly takes the measure using his body and adjusts the final tuning by ear For the first time we can see here how the instruments and their artificial equiheptatonic scaleseven equidistant degrees in an octaveare practically tuned"
'Shaping Bamboo' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Kanopy .
