Filmmaker Lorre Fritchy to speak at NECC on November 8
Lorre Fritchy, Filmmaker Sunday, November 8, 2:00pm, White Fund Room Millies: Bringing the Past and Present to the Silver Screen 78-82 Amesbury Street (Louise Haffner Fournier Education Center), Lawrence, MA
Come and hear Lorre Fritchy and get a behind-the-scenes sneak peek at the inspiring, daunting, amusing, and exhilarating process of trying to make the film Millies a reality. The film follows a modern-day mill owner who is visited by immigrant mill workers from 1912 when they discover "her" future threatens "their" past during the Bread & Roses Strike. Meanwhile, the mill owner contends with a Latino youth sentenced to clean up his vandalism tags of her mill. These occurrences have connections - and consequences - if she doesn't find the key and the courage to save history.
Lorre Fritchy is a writer-director who founded MasterPeace Productions in 1997. A Lawrence-based filmmaker, she has two documentaries in distribution, Sandy 'Spin' Slade: Beyond Basketball and The Gay Marriage Thing, and a narrative film in development, her feature directorial debut Millies. She spent months researching the Bread & Roses Strike to enhance Millies' themes of history, immigrants, preservation, and prejudice both past and present.
For more information on Millies, visit www.milliesmovie.com.
The White Fund Enlightenment Series is presented by Northern Essex Community College. For more information, please call 978-738-7403. Get directions to this event.
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