Mark your calendars for two award-winning films screening in September at the Gordon Ney Jewish Film Series 2018 showcased at the Figge Art Museum Auditorium
225 West 2nd Street, Davenport.
Sunday, September 16, 4:00pm: the multi award-winning film "Foxtrot"; A troubled family must face the facts when something goes terribly wrong at their son's desolate military post.
Sunday, September 23, 4:00pm: the multi-award winning documentary "Bombshell: The Hedy Lemarr Story"; Hedy Lamarr was a Hollywood movie star who was hailed as the most beautiful and glamorous in the world. However, that was only the surface that tragically obscured her astounding true talents. Foremost of them was her inventive genius that a world blinded by her beauty could not recognize as far back as her youth in Austria with her homemade gadgets. This film explores Lamarr's life which included escaping a loveless marriage on the eve of Nazi Germany's conquest of her nation to a new career in Hollywood.
Tickets are available at the door: Adults - $7; Seniors (60+) & Military - $6; Students - Free.
The film series is named in honor of the late Gordon Ney who passed away on February 6, 2015 at the age of 70. Mr. Ney was twice president of the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities and Federation Treasurer for many years. "He was one of the unsung heroes of the Jewish Community and in his quiet and unassuming, yet very determined and very competent manner, Gordon exemplified all that was good about Jewish life in the Quad Cites." ~The Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities.
When you want to see great documentaries, independent, foreign, classic and other noteworthy films in the Quad-Cities area, visit QCFilmBlog.com for the latest screenings and special film events.
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