Wed Jul 29, 7:30 pm @ Martha's Vineyard Film Center
$15 General Admission, $12 Member, $10 child (age 14 or younger)
Doors open for admissions 30 minutes prior to screening. Buy tickets at The Film Center or online now
Followed by a Q&A with film director and writer John B. Benitz and book author Andrew Carroll, subject of the film.
Historian Andrew Carroll travels the world to find and preserve letters written during times of war. The film is based on Carroll’s New York Times best-selling book of the same name, and was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Ken Burns Prize for Film.
John B. Benitz is a writer, director, and producer of both stage and screen. His film Children of the Struggle, starring civil rights icon Dick Gregory was shown in film festivals across the country, on PBS, and is seen in high schools and colleges nationwide. It was also recognized by the NAACP Film Commission for its “true and poignant portrayal of the fight for black voting rights.” He was a consulting producer for the indie film hit, MFA seen on Netflix and has directed theatre at such venues as the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, The Kennedy Center, Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center and LaMama.
Behind the Lines was one of six finalists of the coveted Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, which recognizes exemplary documentary films that tell compelling stories about American history. In addition, the film won Best Documentary at the Croatia International Film Festival and he was nominated as Best Director at the Woodstock International Film Festival.
He is a full professor at Chapman University in California where he teaches acting.
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