Not Just Any Restaurant || Wool Growers: Basque-American cuisine in Los Banos, CA

Wool Growers Restaurant in Los Banos, California is a century-old institution of Basque-American cuisine and culture. This documentary short, originally produced for the Central Valley Community Foundation's annual "Big Tell" program, explores the restaurant's story through interviews with its current owners, a Los Banos historian, and a trio of lifelong patrons.

This is a celebration of the people and places that make our hometowns unique. Those places worth fighting for.

A film by Matt Mealer | http://www.mattmealer.com
Associate producer: Emily Mealer
Consulting producer: Sascha Brown Rice
Gaffer / additional camera: Evan Christensen
Grip: Connor Camenson
Postproduction sound: Henry Grimmius
Music (via Artlist): The Bows / Hans Johnson / David James Terry / Patrick Ussher
Historical images: Wool Growers Restaurant archives / Los Banos Milliken Museum
Sponsored by the Central Valley Community Foundation / James B. McClatchy Foundation

Shot on Arri Amira + Cooke Varotal 20-60mm

More about The Big Tell program: https://www.centralvalleycf.org/thebi...

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