Resynator

synopsis

Inventor Don Tavel died suddenly when his daughter was ten weeks old. Growing up surrounded by mythical stories of her "genius" father, Alison's life is consequently absent from any true connection to him. Resynator is a narrative documentary that begins when Alison rescues Don's synthesizer prototype from her grandmother's attic and starts a curious resurrection project that turns into an insatiable globe-trotting quest. Aided by estranged family, lost friends, fellow inventors and celebrated musicians (Grace Potter, Peter Gabriel, Fred Armisen, Gotye, Jon Anderson and more), Alison unlocks unsettling secrets and complex truths - through which a father/daughter relationship is finally born.