Michigan City Public Library Michigan City, Indiana Calendar of Events Film Series Call 219-873-3049 for more information

Each Spring and Fall the Library, in conjunction with the La Porte County Public Library and Purdue University North Central’s Odyssey Cultural Arts Program, sponsors a film series.  Each season we screen contemporary foreign and independent American films on Sunday afternoons in the library Meeting Room. All films are free and open to the public.  

Films are shown at Laporte High School's Schultze Hall at 7:00pm on the Wednesdays previous to Sunday showings in Michigan City.

2005

Dear Frankie ~ Turtles Can Fly ~ Madison

All dates are Sundays, 2pm

Dear Frankie
Sunday, September 18,  2:00pm
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mom Lizzie are always moving...most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Lizzie has been trying to protect her deaf son from the truth that they are running from his father. Every few weeks she sends Frankie a make-believe letter from his father telling about his adventures on the HMS Accra. Then Frankie discovers the ship is due to dock in his hometown. With the real HMS Accra arriving soon, Lizzie must choose between the truth or finding a perfect stranger to play Frankie's father for one day. This award-winning film is directed by Shona Auerbach.

Turtles Can Fly
Sunday, October 16,  2:00pm
On the eve of the American invasion of Iraq, a 13 year-old Kurdistan boy named Soran installs dishes and antennae for local villages looking for news of Saddam.  The devastation to the land and people is revealed in the perspective of the children.  The exquisitely haunting mountains play backdrop to violence and tragedy, but at the same time the heart and humor of the children is an undeniable force.  Turtles Can Fly was the Iranian entry to the 2004 Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Film.

Madison
Sunday, November 13,  2:00pm
This father/son action drama is based on the true story of the tiny town of Madison, Indiana and its legendary come-from-behind win for the Gold Cup of hydroplane boat-racing.  Set in 1971, Jim McCormick has left the dangers of flat-bottomed boat racing in favor of a stable life for his family, but the lure of racing calls him back despite the lack of sponsors and the dismal shape of the boat, the Miss Madison.  In addition to the thrills of boat racing, the film captures the spirit of small-town America in the turbulent 1960s and 70s.