Cultural screening and filmmaker Q&A — not a civic meeting

This transcript records a cultural event hosted by the UN Movie Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council: an introduction and conversation about the Oscar-winning film The Last Repair Shop with filmmaker Ben Proudfoot. Brenda von Gova, identified in the transcript as president of the UN Movie Society, opened the event and introduced Proudfoot, who discussed the film’s focus on the Los Angeles Unified School District instrument repair shop, the importance of music access, and the metaphor of repair as a path to social healing. The conversation covered the shop’s technicians (named in the transcript as Steve, Patty, Dwayne and Dana), co-director Chris Bowers, cinematographer David Feeney Mosier, the filmmakers’ choices about including students, and fundraising updates given by the speakers (figures stated in the transcript: von Gova mentioned $50,000,000; Proudfoot said the campaign has raised over $5,000,000 and that $10,000,000 more is needed). The session closed with a message for the UN audience about the will to repair and mutual cooperation. No motions, votes, policy decisions, or formal civic actions appear in the transcript.