SEPTEMBER FILM CLASS WITH TERENCE FORD

Four of the greatest baseball movies of all time.

The story of baseball is the story of our nation.  When we tell the story of baseball in the movies, we are telling our own stories, of our nation, of who we are and what we can become!  Baseball is really the true American myth. 

Meet Terence Ford:

A Chicago native, Terence Ford enjoyed a decades-long career in commercial photography and in the film industry in Los Angeles.  He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild. His credits include Macon County Line, The Mad Bomber, The Runner, and Memories of Midnight, Eye of the Widow, Outbreak, and Blade Runner.  Terence eventually settled in St. Helena, where he focused on commercial photography for many of the prominent wineries, including Robert Mondavi Winery, Shafer Vineyards, Opus One and Joseph Phelps Vineyards. Terence created the fStop Foundation, which presented digital photography instruction to veterans and first responders in a restorative setting at the Santa Barbara Community College, at the Wake Campus. In January 2021, Terence created and helped produce the Discovery Channel’s series Cal Fire profiling the California agency’s struggle to contain the near constant wildfire in California in 2020.

Film Class was created to provide a forum for nurturing a deeper understanding of film culture and to keep the tradition of the film-going experience alive here in the Napa Valley. This series was created by Ian McIver.  Ian will rotate Film Class with David Garden.

TUESDAYS / 1:00 PM  /  TICKETS $10 at the Door

TUESDAY,  SEPT. 3

FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)

Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.

Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
Starring Kevin Costner

TUESDAY,  SEPT. 10

42 - The True Story of an American Ledgend (2013)

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

Directed by Brian Hegeland
Starring Chadwick Boseman

TUESDAY, SEPT 17

MONEYBALL (2011)

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Directed by Bennet Miller
Starring Brad Pitt

TUESDAY, SEPT. 24

THE ROOKIE (2002)

A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.

Directed by John Lee Hancock
Starring Dennis Quaid