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Award-winning original score by composer Bruce Dalzell.

Ropewalk wins

Silver Medal

of Excellence for Best Impact of Music in a Documentary Film at the 2009 Park City Film Music Festival

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Ropewalk: A Cordage Engineer’s Journey Through History is a one-hour documentary film by Steve Fetsch.

The film contains strong relevance to today, showing how earlier globalization drove the need to innovate, while corporate consolidation sparked antitrust reform.

To view a brief synopsis of the film, please use the controls at left. Pause, Play, and move Forward or Backward through the screens.

Trailer | Synopsis | Hearts & Stars  Fiber for Rope and Twine | Industry on Parade: Ropewalk