Memory Lane
Visions of San Francisco Bay
Once upon a time, I lived in San Francisco and discovered the wonders that existed in my own backyard.
SECRETS OF THE BAY
Produced and Directed by Christopher Beaver and Judy Irving
SECRETS OF THE BAY a twenty-eight-minute tour of San Francisco Bay as a wildlife habitat with a supporting cast of thousands: an endangered peregrine falcon nesting on the Bay Bridge, baby seals learning to swim, a lovesick bird on an avian “lover’s lane,” pelicans returning from near-extinction all intermingled with the human “critters” who revel in the Bay–the last of the Chinese shrimp fishermen and the fearless (some would say crazy) swimmers who “escape from Alcatraz” every New Year’s Day.
Made with the cooperation of Save San Francisco Bay Association.
TREASURES OF THE GREENBELT
Produced and Directed by Christopher Beaver and Judy Irving
“Las Positas Hills” by Bob Walker, copyright Oakland Museum of California.
A hopeful vision for people everywhere who strive to protect the legacy of open and undeveloped countryside.
From the film’s first words, the film weaves a spell: ”Everyone remembers a green place, a place that’s gone now. Maybe there was a special tree you used to climb or a place where you could lie on your back and look up at the sky.”
Gently narrated by one-time television host and newspaper columnist, Jerry Graham, Treasures of the Greenbelt features stunning aerial photography, seasonal “special effects” captured by the late photographer, Bob Walker, and an original Emmy-Award winning score by composer, Gary Remal.
This film extols the simple beauty of rural countryside wherever it’s found… in the San Francisco Bay Area and by example, throughout the world.
Made with the cooperation of the Greenbelt Alliance.
A wonderful companion to Treasures of the Greenbelt, Bob Walker’s photographs of the East Bay Regional Park District, have been gathered in the book, After the Storm, written by Christopher Beaver.
