A Benicia filmmaker’s short documentary “Forgotten Fire Victims,” about how Wine Country farmworkers and day laborers had been affected by the Atlas and Tubbs fires in October, is being shown in several Sonoma-area theaters for the next few weeks. John Beck has directed several documentaries, including two about the wine industry. His 2012 film “Harvest” […]
Benicia documentarian’s film on monk winery to air on PBS tomorrow
Benicia resident John Beck is certainly a media man. In addition to being a writer for Sonoma Magazine and having spent 12 years as a journalist for the Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, he is also a prolific filmmaker. His works include 2009’s “Stringers,” an Austin Film Festival award winner about a group of […]
Film chronicling creation of public artwork released
Benician’s documentary depicts work on city-commissioned ‘Wind, Water, Land’ When a work of art is put on display, it is the finished piece that the viewer sees. What happens behind the scenes — the hours of planning, design and trial and error — usually remains an untold tale. Fortunately for Benicia art lovers, when it […]
Eclectic entertainment on tap in city’s 1st film fest
From student-produced films to a documentary tackling the tough subject of rape in the U.S. military, the inaugural Benicia Film Festival next month will offer a variety of thought-provoking and entertaining presentations, organizers said. The three-day event is the product of the Film Festival Committee of the Benicia Arts and Culture Commission, and showcases a […]