Resynator

Musical innovation entwines with a daughter’s journey to know her father in this rich personal memoir from Alison Tavel, whose inventor father Don died when she was an infant. He left behind the legacy of the “Resynator,” a synthesizer whose prototype the filmmaker discovers in her grandmother’s attic. Her reclamation project keeps opening up new doors, and this completely unexpected documentary emerged. “Aided by estranged family, lost friends, fellow inventors and celebrated musicians (Grace Potter, Peter Gabriel, Fred Armisen, Gotye, Jon Anderson and more), Tavel unlocks unsettling secrets and complex truths—through which a father/daughter relationship is finally born.” (SXSW Film Festival).