Whangarei Film Society - screenings for Thursday August 21st
Good People
The film night for this week will be on Thursday 21st August. Screenings will be in the Capitaine Bougainville Theatre at Forum North, 7 Rust Ave Whangarei.
At 6pm, WFS will screen Lee, starring Kate Winslet. It is the fascinating portrait of the great American war correspndant and photographer, Lee Miller.
Our 8:15pm screening is the latest offering from Legendary British filmmaker, Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner, Another Year, Secrets and Lies), the comedic drama, Hard Truths.
Please note: Due to the run time of the first film, our second screening will start at 8:15pm.
LEE
UK, 2024, Drama, 109 mins, Rated M
Cast: Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgård
In 1937, Lee Miller is a former fashion model and aspiring photographer in London. She gains employment with Vogue magazine during World War II, photographing Britons during The Blitz.
But Her ability to document the war is restricted, due to the UK barring women from serving near combat. However, after the US enters the war in late 1941, Lee is assigned as a war correspondent alongside photojournalist David Scherman.
It is later, during the Liberation of Paris, that Lee reconnects with friends who tell her of the thousands who went missing during the German occupation.
So Lee and Scherman enter Nazi Germany and document the immediate aftermath of atrocities committed at Buchenwald and Dachau, giving the world some of the 20th century's most indelible images.
View the trailer at: www.youtube.com...
Showing at Forum North, 7 Rust Ave Whangarei on Thursday, 21st August at 6pm and Thursday, 28th August at 8pm.
Tickets: Door sales only. $10 WFS members. Non-members pay $5 extra as an Associate Membership fee, per film (Total of $15).
All welcome. Cash only please – no Eftpos available.
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