"The Good Lie" Film Screening
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Date
May 1, 2023 7:00PM
Description
The Good Lie Film Screening
Join The Grand Theater and New Beginnings for Refugees for a special screening of The Good Lie, the 2014 blockbuster film exploring the refugee experience. Then stick around after the film for a Q&A and talkback with the New Beginnings staff.
Part of the Bridge Clinic Community Engagement Series, this is a free, non-ticketed event. New Beginnings for Refugees will be accepting cash donations at the door to support their mission of providing a safe, welcoming environment for refugees completing the resettlement in Central Wisconsin.
About the film:
They were known simply as “The Lost Boys.” Orphaned by the brutal civil war in Sudan, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring them to America. Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon stars alongside Sudanese actors Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal, and newcomer Kuoth Wiel, to bring the story of their survival and triumph to life.
Thirteen years after surviving an attack on their village and difficult trek to Kenya, the now young adults are given the opportunity to leave the refugee camp and resettle in America. Upon arriving in Kansas, they are met by Carrie Davis (Witherspoon), an employment agency counselor enlisted to help find them jobs – no easy task, when things like light switches and telephones are brand new to them. Although Carrie has successfully kept herself from any emotional entanglements, these refugees, who desperately require help navigating the 21st century and rebuilding their shattered lives, need just that. So Carrie embarks on her own unchartered territory, enlisting the help of her boss, Jack (Corey Stoll). Together, against the backdrop of their shared losses, the Lost Boys and these unlikely strangers find humor in the clash of cultures, and heartbreak as well as hope in the challenges of life in America.
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Tickets are not available online for this event at this time. Please contact The Grand's Ticket Office at 715-842-0988 for ticket availability information.