Jol Devitro 1. Where do you currently work/what is your occupation? I just started working for the Fresno County Public Library as a Library Aid. I’m also a blogger for the fantastic FresYes [...] Continue Reading
Streaming Surprises, Volume 13
Our “Streaming Surprises” series calls attention to good movies new and old. Titles are available from various streaming services. "Ingrid Goes West" (2017) Expect something different in Ingrid [...] Continue Reading
I Heart Film: Paul E. Pierce and Patience Milrod
I Heart Film: Paul E. Pierce and Patience Milrod, Filmworks members and festival sponsors What do you do for a living? Patience: I’m the executive director of Central California Legal Services. I’ve [...] Continue Reading
Connect at the Fresno Film Festival
Going to the movies has often been associated with escape. We go to the movies to “escape” our realities for 90 or so minutes, to bear witness to lives and experiences different from our own. Film, [...] Continue Reading
Some jazz films you might enjoy ahead of festival opener ‘Django’
I’ve written before about how Fresno Filmworks fans love movies about music, so it seems fitting that our 13th annual festival would open with an acclaimed movie about music that also opened the 2017 [...] Continue Reading
Volunteer Spotlight: Gloria Burrola and John Dunning
Gloria Burrola and John Dunning 1. Introduce yourselves. Are you from Fresno? Where are you from originally? We live in the Tower District. Gloria is originally from Texas and moved to Fresno from [...] Continue Reading
Telling Stories to Build Community: Talking and Listening in Lucky
“Lucky” is a story about what is possible when people sit to tell and to listen to each other’s stories. In “Lucky,” the place where this happens is a low-lit bar where the people of a small desert [...] Continue Reading
I Heart Film: Joan and Stan Poss
I Heart Film: Joan and Stan Poss, Filmworks members Before your respective retirements, what did you do for a living? Joan: I worked as a therapist with crisis outpatients with Fresno County for 11 [...] Continue Reading