Mini series on Benyamin

JAKARTA (JP): The life story of the late artist Benyamin Suaeb, who died of heart attack last Tuesday, will be screened in a mini-series to be produced by Mandahari Production House.

Dana K. Anwari of Mandahari Production House said the mini series will emphasize the artist's struggle to promote the "vanishing" Betawi culture.

Dana said plan to make the mini-series is based on his admiration of Benyamin.

Benyamin has become the pride of not only his family and indigenous Betawi people but also the whole country, he said.

He said that his team is currently collecting data on Benyamin's life, from written sources to direct interviews with the late artist's families and relatives. (32)