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The 3rd Annual Lowell Film Festival
"Hollywood & the Great Depression:
10-cent Entertainment During Difficult Times"
Thursday, April 8 - Saturday, April 10
Greetings, Film Buffs!
The City of Lowell is just TEN days away from celebrating the Golden Age of Hollywood at the 3rd Annual Lowell Film Festival! This year we salute the cinematic treasures that soothed the country's psyche during the economic turmoil of the Great Depression. These are the great classics of today featuring the legendary stars we've come to idolize ... come dressed for the weekend in your best 1930's garb!
Don't miss the following!
* Opening Night Soiree ( April 8) at Athenian Corner Restaurant -- 1930's dress encouraged!
* 1930's-themed cocktail specials at local restaurants
* Specially priced breakfast deals at local diners ( April 10)
* Late-night films: "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein"
* Midnight screenings at Dharma Buns Sandwich Company
| { THIS WEEKEND! }
A Marx Brothers Revue
Three nights of the best of the BEST in celebration of the Lowell Film Festival!
 Friday, April 2 @ 7PM
"Horse Feathers"
Saturday, April 3 @ 7PM
"Duck Soup"
Monday, April 5 @ 7PM
"A Night at the Opera"
Usher in the Lowell Film Festival one weekend early with Dharma Buns Sandwich Company and Athenian Corner Restaurant! Bring your best buddies for a night of laughter and see the legendary Marx Brothers, dinner-and-a-movie style!
| "China Blue"
Special guest speaker:
UMass Lowell Emerita Jean Pyle
Monday, April 12 6:30PM
Free admission!
Shot clandestinely at a blue-jeans factory in southern China, '"China Blue'" reveals what international retail companies don't want us to see: how the clothes we buy are actually made. Discover the striking parallels of these compelling stories to Lowell in the days of its boarding houses and 'mill girls'. Co-sponsored by Middlesex Community College Cultural Connections, UMass Lowell Department of Regional Economic and Social Development, and the Lowell Film Collaborative.
Please join us for a reception and post-film discussion with guest speaker Jean Pyle.
Learn more > " China Blue" on PBS's Independent Lens
| "River Cycle: The Concord in Lowell"
A special Earth Day film event with a presentation by Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust
Tuesday, April 20 Free admission!
Commemorate Earth Day and explore the beauty and history of Lowell's historic Concord River in director Chad Montrie's locally produced documentary short. Hear more about the river's relationship to Lowell's mill past and learn more about the Concord River Greenway Park and other programs of the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, whose mission is to reconnect people to the river and its broader environment. Co-sponsored by UMass Lowell, Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, Lowell National Historical Park, and the Lowell Film Collaborative.
| "One Man's Hero"
A story of faith, devotion, and the fight for freedom.
Tuesday, May 4
Enjoy delicious dinner and beverages before, during, or after the film!
Don't miss our first event at Garcia Brogan's restaurant in the Hamilton Canal District! Still a bit of a controversial picture (and more renowned in Mexico than in the U.S.), "One Man's Hero" tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Brigade" or "San Patricios," a group of Irish immigrants in the U.S. Army who deserted to Mexico after encountering religious and ethnic prejudice during the Mexican-American War. Co-sponsored by the Irish Cultural Committee, St. Patrick's Church, Garcia Brogan's, and the Lowell Film Collaborative.
| Did you attend our White Stripes screening?
If so, our thanks to YOU!
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to our screening of the White Stripes documentary, "Under Great White Northern Lights." We truly appreciated the support you gave -- your generous donations helped us pay for all our screening costs. Thank you all once again -- we hope you enjoyed it!
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The Lowell Film Collaborative (LFC) is a grassroots organization dedicated to growing the burgeoning artistic community of Lowell, Massachusetts, by celebrating the art of moving pictures. Our passion is film!
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