Family politics money religion gentrification art marriage love loss.
A rubber band is an unlikely instrument.
Walter baker is an eccentric multi instrumentalist struggling to maintain balance between creating art alongside the daily trials of making ends meet in ny.
With andrea baker walter baker.
A rubberband is an unlikely instrument a film by matt boyd a found pictures production in association with show cobra films nomadic independence pictures executive producer jason ross produced.
T he idealism of a free spirited way of life clashes with the financial and normativizing demands of the general culture in a rubberband is an unlikely instrument the documentary follows quirky multi instrumentalist walter baker and his wife andrea as they drive around new york city without a seatbelt in their old station wagon looking for old furniture to sell spar over traumatic events.
Walter baker is an eccentric multi instrumentalist struggling to maintain balance between creating art making ends meet and raising his twelve year old.
Walter speaks in flat inflections with dulcimer tones.
A meditation on a brooklyn family wrestling to navigate their path amidst the waning bush years rapid gentrification and financial upheaval.
A rubberband is an unlikely instrument is a lyrical exploration of a brooklyn couple as they navigate their path amidst rapidly changing political social financial and spiritual landscapes.
He has a 12 year old son from a previous marriage.
A rubberband is an unlikely instrument is a lyrical exploration of a brooklyn couple as they navigate their path amidst rapidly changing political social financial and spiritual landscapes.
Sometimes he escapes to the subway to play music a rubber band his instrument.
A rubberband is an unlikely instrument is a lyrical exploration of a brooklyn couple as they navigate their path amidst rapidly changing political social financial and spiritual landscapes walter baker is an eccentric multi instrumentalist struggling to maintain balance between creating art making ends meet.
He s married to andrea who is a poet.
They re simply trying sometimes with difficulty to live the way they live.
A rubberband is an unlikely instrument.
A rubberband is an unlikely instrument is a lyrical exploration of a brooklyn couple as they navigate their path amidst rapidly changing political social financial and spiritual landscapes.