Livingston Film Series hosts special screening event & Big Lebowski Festival
The Livingston Film Series is proud to host the We Burn Like This Montana Tour, sponsored by the Montana Film Office and Humanities Montana. The locally filmed feature will play in the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts’ Dulcie Theatre on Saturday, June 11th at 7pm. Writer, director and producer Alana Waksman will be in attendance for a Q&A following the screening.
Filmed in Billings, Butte and Missoula in 2019, We Burn Like This is a coming-of-age story of a young Jewish woman living in Billings, Montana, and is Waksman’s feature debut. When 22-year-old Rae (Madeleine Coghlan), a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, her ancestors’ trauma becomes real. Inspired by true events, the story shows the inherited effects of historical trauma and the strength of survival and healing. Waksman’s own family history, as well as the spread of antisemitism in Montana, is what inspired her to write this story.
The film stars Coghlan (The Rookie) as well as Gotham and Indie Spirit Award winner Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs). Also featured are Montana-based actors Kendra Mylnechuk, Casidee Riley, Angelo Rizzo and Megan Folsom. The film is produced and edited by Billings native Marshall Granger, produced by fellow native Jeri Rafter, and executive produced by Peabody and Emmy award-winning producer Neda Armian (Rachel Getting Married, The Ballad of Lefty Brown) and Eleanor Nett.
Following at its regular time on Sunday, June 12th, the Film Series presents Joel & Ethan Coen’s 1998 cult classic The Big Lebowski at 7pm. Dress in a costume from the movie for a chance to win $50!
L.A. slacker Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (Jeff Bridges), mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for a rug ruined by debt collectors, enlisting his bowling buddies for help while trying to find the millionaire’s missing wife.
We Burn Like This and The Big Lebowski are both Rated R. General admission tickets for We Burn are $5 at the door. Admission for Big Lebowski is free. Doors open at 6:30. Concessions are available. The lobby and Dulcie Theatre auditorium are equipped with a UV air filtration system.
This is the Livingston Film Series’ sixth season of screening independent features, documentaries, local films, and vintage classics – absolutely free – on the second Sunday of every month in the Dulcie Theatre. Admission is free for regularly scheduled screenings, but donations are gratefully accepted. For more information, please visit www.theshanecenter.org.
Livingston Film Series is generously sponsored by Marilyn Clotz & Mary Ann Bearden and Donald B. Gimbel. •