MADE IN NEBRASKA
Join us this summer for weekly screenings of movies made in Nebraska!
Curated by Programming Manager Laurie Richards, this special series features 18 films including rarely-screened documentaries, cinema classics, indie gems, biting comedies, and Award-Winning dramas. All tickets $5.Â
Please note: Some of the films featured in this series are unrated and may contain content that is not suitable for all audiences. Please make sure to review rating information carefully.
AMERICAN HONEY
Tuesday, July 15 – 7:00 p.m.
Star (Sasha Lane), a teenage girl from a troubled home runs away with a traveling sales crew that drives across the American mid-west selling Magazine subscriptions door to door. Finding her feet in this gang of teenagers, one of whom is Jake (Shia LaBeouf), she soon gets into the group’s lifestyle of hard partying, law-bending and young love. 2016 | d. Andrea Arnold | 2 hours, 43 min | Rated R
OCEAN OF GRASS
Tuesday, July 22 – 7:30 p.m.
An experiential, immersive documentary capturing a year in the life of a 130 year old Nebraska Sandhills ranch. OCEAN OF GRASS presents the intriguing personalities of the individuals who choose this sparse, rugged lifestyle, from old school patriarchs to artistic ranchers to young guns pushing the ranch operations into the future. This lyrical documentary showcases the incredible yet sublime beauty of the little-known Nebraska Sandhills using 4K, aerial, and POV cameras. 2018 | d. Georg Joutras | 1 hour, 26 min | Not Rated
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
Tuesday, July 29 – 7:00 p.m.
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS tells six stories, united by their dark, offbeat takes on traditional tales from the American West. 2018 | d. Joel & Ethan Coen | 2 hours, 13 min | Rated R
NOMADLAND
Tuesday, August 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND features real nomads as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West. Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Director. 2020 | 1 hour, 47 min | Rated R
BONES AND ALL
Tuesday, August 12 – 7:00 p.m.
Based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis, “Bones and All” is a story of first love between Maren (Taylor Russell), a young woman learning how to survive on the margins of society, and Lee (Timothée Chalamet), an intense and disenfranchised drifter; a liberating road odyssey of two young people coming into their own, searching for identity and chasing beauty in a perilous world that cannot abide who they are. Luca Guadagnino directs from a screenplay by David Kajganich. The stellar cast also includes André Holland, Chloë Sevigny, David Gordon Green, Michael Stuhlbarg and Mark Rylance. 2022 | d. Luca Guadagnino | 2 hours, 11 min | Rated R
SNACK SHACK
Tuesday, August 19 – 7:30 p.m.
Nebraska City, summer of 1991. Inseparable best friends AJ (Conor Sherry) and Moose (Gabriel LaBelle) seize the opportunity to run the local pool’s rundown snack shack after their plan to gamble on dog races and sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Dreaming of striking it rich, things take an unexpected turn when they meet summer visitor Brooke (Mika Abdalla), an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big summer plans, and their friendship, at risk. 2024 | d. Adam Rehmeier | 1 hour, 52 min | Rated R
DAFT STATE
Tuesday, August 26 – 7:30 p.m.
Easton’s mysterious psychological destruction drives him to the edge of sanity and possible self-harm by those who love him most… his wife and daughter. Will Easton succumb to their increasingly traumatizing pressure, or will he conquer the dark forces at play? 2024 | d. Chad Bishoff | 1 hour, 22 min | Not Rated
MY FRIEND, NORMAN
Tuesday, September 2 – 7:30 p.m.
Take a journey with Norman Geske, Nebraska’s Father of the Arts, with this feature length documentary about the impact one man has had on the artistic and cultural heritage of Nebraska and beyond. 2014 | d. Laurie Richards | 1 hour, 46 min | Not Rated