QUINCY (WGEM) - A new film by award-winning director Mokotsi Rukundo is being filmed in Quincy.

Underneath the Quincy streets lie a network of beer caves. For film maker Mokotsi Rukundo, it was the perfect spot to shoot his new film.

“I literally would write scenes and when we came here, I kind of had a pinch me moment where it’s exactly the way I envisioned it,” Rukundo explained.

The film is called “Death of a Brewer” and it follows a battle between beer companies and prohibitionists. Rukundo said he wouldn’t have imagined he would have been able to film in such a perfect setting.

“I didn’t know how we were going to do it, but when someone actually mentioned that there were these beer caves and intact brewery, it actually felt extremely fitting,” he said.

The film stars Jefferson Wh

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