STRADIVARIUS OF STEEL - The Ellie Mannette Story

Title:
 STRADIVARIUS OF STEEL - The Ellie Mannette Story
 
Director:
 Desiree Sampson
 
Duration/Date:
 42 min / 2005
 
Actors:
    
Genre:
 Documentary
 
Country:
 Trinidad & Tobago
 
Synopsis:
 A revealing documentary about the life and work of the master 
craftsman, Elliot Mannette, the man responsible for the emergence of 
the steelpan as a legitimate musical instrument. With his scientific 
approach he refined the pan and established the universal standard of 
the steel drum. But his and its beginnings were inauspicious.