A rural American town suffering economically from factory closures finds an unconventional route to recovery with the help of MASS MoCA.
This showing is part of our Community Focus Series sponsored by Marrs Property Group. Tickets are $10 and 50% of ticket sales will be donated to Paducah Arts Alliance.
Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.
For one weekend filmmakers took over Paducah and turning it into movie-making madness for 48 hours! Teams of filmmakers had a single weekend to write, shoot and edit their short films! All completed entries will be unveiled at these screenings.
Awards will be held after the last Saturday (9/20) screening.
American Movie documents the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.
Presented by The Paducah Film Society