Welcome to Becket Films
Becket Films is an independent documentary film company based in Ojai, California.
Our mission is to inspire action towards a healthy environment and social justice through film.
In other words, as filmmakers, we seek to explore cultural, social and economic diversity and to offer uncommon viewpoints through the medium of film.
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We've worked in more than thirty-five countries on five continents to illuminate the perspectives of change-makers worldwide. We try to combine well-researched content with beautiful footage to inspire understanding and change in the global community.
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We make our own films and offer full production services to those interested in our expertise. We also have footage of environmental hotspots along with in-depth interviews with leaders and locals from all over the world. Feel free to contact us for more information.
In Production: The Seeds of Vandana Shiva
In her emerald sari and blood-red bindi the size of a half-dollar on her forehead, Dr. Vandana Shiva is an arresting presence as she stands before rapt audiences, galvanizing international conferences, addressing the United Nations, deftly parrying the queries of television interviewers and news documentarians … or simply conversing with impoverished and beleaguered villagers in remote corners of the so-called “underdeveloped” world.
Among those engaged with sustainability, globalization, organic farming, global warming, the intersection of water rights with human rights, seed banks, and opposition to the spread of genetically modified crops, the patenting of life forms, and the corporate privatization of nature, Vandana Shiva is an icon of a global movement, a veritable rock star.
But even among those who pride themselves on being well-informed, she’s relatively unknown.
And even among activists, few know how this daughter of a forest guard who patrolled the Himalayan foothills rose from obscurity to become the single most articulate voice of anti-corporate sustainability in the world and a much loved leader of Gandhian stature.
The Seeds of Vandana Shiva focuses on the people, circumstances and seminal events in Vandana's life--what shaped her thinking and defined her purpose.
There is a dedicated website for this film. Please go to: http://vandanashivamovie.com/ for more information!
Sons of Africa
Winner of Best Feature Documentary at The Seattle True Independent Film Festival 2014
Winner People's Choice "Best of Fest" Award Borrego Springs Film Festival 2015