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  • Father the Flame
    Father the Flame

Father the Flame

2018 / USA / 78 Minutes / Chad Terpstra

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Film Synopsis

Father the Flame follows Lee Erck, a world-renowned pipemaker from far Northern Michigan, as he travels the globe to explore the nearly forgotten art of tobacco pipe making.

Featuring a charming cast of characters—from the royal family of Danish pipemakers, to the Italian briar cutter known as the world’s greatest, to a fourth-generation Native American peace pipe maker—