Peconic Landing & East End Arts partner to bring the best of ‘art house’ cinema to the North Fork
(GREENPORT, N.Y.) “Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy,” a touching new film based on the book by Ellen Fitzpatrick, will open the North Fork Premiere Indie Showcase presented by Peconic Landing and East End Arts in October.
The two not-for-profits are thrilled to partner, bringing ‘art house’ cinema to the North Fork. The films will be shown in Peconic Landing’s auditorium for just $10 per film through Emerging Pictures, the largest all-digital specialty film and alternative content theater network in the United States.
“Letters to Jackie” focuses on the deeply personal letters of heartfelt condolences flooding in from all over the country to comfort President John F. Kennedy’s widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, following the president’s assassination in 1963. Directed by Bill Couturie and set against a treasure trove of archival footage taken during the Kennedy era, the moving letters are read by 20 of today’s top actors including Jessica Chastain, Chris Cooper, Viola Davis, Zooey Deschanel, Kirsten Dunst, Anne Hathaway, Laura Linney, Frances McDormand, Mark Ruffalo, Octavia Spencer, Channing Tatum, Betty White and Michelle Williams. The film will be shown in Peconic Landing’s auditorium Saturday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m.
“The Hunt,” directed and co-written by Thomas Vinterberg, is a disturbing depiction of how a lie becomes the truth when gossip, doubt and malice are allowed to flourish and ignite a witch-hunt that soon threatens to destroy an innocent man’s life. Mads Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for his penetrating portrayal of Lucas, a former school teacher who has been forced to start over having overcome a tough divorce and the loss of his job. Just as things are starting to go his way, his life is shattered when an untruthful remark throws his small community into a collective state of hysteria. As the lie spreads, Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity. The film will be shown in Peconic Landing’s auditorium Saturday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m.
“Midnight’s Children” is an epic film from Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta, based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie. At the stroke of midnight on Aug. 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva, the offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India’s whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters. From the unlikely romance of Saleem’s grandparents to the birth of his own son, Midnight’s Children is a journey at once sweeping in scope and yet intimate in tone. Hopeful, comic and magical, the film conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as India herself. The film will be shown in Peconic Landing’s auditorium Saturday, Dec. 21 at 7:30pm.
Tickets are available by calling 631-477-BLUE or visiting http://peconiclanding.ticketleap.com/.
Information about Peconic Landing and all of the partnerships and programs for which it has become so well known is available by visiting www.PeconicLanding.org.
About Peconic Landing:
Peconic Landing is an innovative, not-for-profit CCAC-CARF-accredited continuing care retirement community (CCRC) located on the waterfront in Greenport, N.Y., on the North Fork of Long Island. Among its long list of achievements, Peconic Landing is the only equity-based LifeCare community in the state of New York. It is a member of LeadingAge and LeadingAge New York and embraces a healthy, active lifestyle infused with a sense of exploration, creativity and generosity of spirit.
About East End Arts:
As a partner EEA – East End Arts is a multi-award winning 501(c) 3 not-for-profit arts organization serving the five East End towns of Long Island, N.Y., since 1972. East End Arts operates a School of the Arts, an Art Gallery, and presents a variety of events and programs to promote the arts year-round. Through programming and initiatives, East End Arts is committed to building and enriching community through the arts by way of education, support, advocacy and inspiration.
