TRUSS ~ A Gift for Notre Dame

Directed by Rian Brown

Co-produced by Jake Hochendoner and Rian Brown

A Studio Orsopolis and Divided Line production

Filmmakers Rian Brown and Jake Hochendoner follow Handshouse Studios’ group of American timber framers in their efforts to accurately reconstruct a full-scale wooden truss as a gift, in an act of global solidarity, to repair the roof of Notre Dame of Paris cathedral that burned in 2019.

During the summer of 2021, the film team spent two weeks in Washington D.C. embedded with over 50 carpenters and students while they rebuilt the 7,500 pound Notre Dame’s choir truss #6, using official drawings of the original, and medieval tools. The wood itself was harvested in Virginia in keeping with practices from the 12th century. Their dream is to install their truss in Notre Dame of Paris cathedral as a gift.

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