{"id":4183,"date":"2025-10-02T13:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/copa\/2025\/10\/02\/copa-professor-john-benitzs-documentary-behind-the-lines-wins-international-acclaim\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T22:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T22:36:08","slug":"copa-professor-john-benitzs-documentary-behind-the-lines-wins-international-acclaim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/copa\/2025\/10\/02\/copa-professor-john-benitzs-documentary-behind-the-lines-wins-international-acclaim\/","title":{"rendered":"CoPA Professor John Benitz\u2019s Documentary \u201cBehind the Lines\u201d Wins International Acclaim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re thrilled to celebrate the success of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behind the Lines<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a powerful documentary directed by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/john-benitz.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Benitz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a professor in CoPA\u2019s Theatre department. The film was recently awarded <\/span><b>Best Documentary at the Croatia International Film Festival,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a momentous achievement for a project that originated right here at Chapman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The documentary\u2014narrated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000906\/\">Annette Bening<\/a> and featuring performances by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000368\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura Dern<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5123156\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kelvin Harrison Jr.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0355910\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael\u202fC. Hall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and others\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brings to life real wartime letters spanning from the American Revolution to today. Its origins trace back to the CoPA stage production, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If All the Sky Were Paper <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2018), which was developed from these same letters and co-created by Professor Benitz and Andrew Carroll, founder of the Legacy Project.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Behind the Lines - Official Trailer (2024)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qVkBlpIZixU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m excited people are enjoying the film,\u201d says Benitz. \u201cIt\u2019s been an important and meaningful project for me since the beginnings at Chapman&#8230; Now that the film is getting traction, I\u2019m hopeful more people will be as moved and changed by these war letters as I have been.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behind the Lines<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Benitz himself was nominated for <\/span><b>Best Director of a Feature Documentary at the Woodstock Film Festiva<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l, and the film was a <\/span><b>finalist for the Library of Congress Lavine\/Ken Burns Prize for Film<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, earning $25,000 in funding. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behind the Lines<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has also received widespread media attention, including features in <\/span><a 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