El Valley Central
2000, NR, 90 min.
Directed by James Benning, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring .

Veteran experimental filmmaker James Benning turns his meditative gaze toward California’s Central Valley, using geography to expose political truths. Director James Benning will be present following the screening for a Q&A. The Texas Documentary Tour is co-sponsored by the Austin Film Society, the UT Department of RTF, The Austin Chronicle, KLRU-TV, and SXSW Film.

This article appears in July 7 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.