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On August 14, the Pine City Auditorium will be transformed into a historic movie house for one night only. The curtain will come up on a series of short films by award-winning writer/director Zach Hammill, a Los Angeles-based filmmaker who is a native of Pine City.

Hammill will screen a variety of movies during the two-hour event, including“The Language of Freedom,” a documentary about members of Fort Snelling’s 451st Army Band.  Hammill will also show short films, including the comedy “Five Bucks, ‘Til Friday,” and “Mickey vs. the Snowman,” a film about a 1940s bare-knuckles boxing match which was produced by Marty Doogin Arts.

The evening of film is being presented by Pine Center for the Arts (PCA), a group that has sponsored a wide variety of special events and educational programming in and around Pine City in the past two years. The group is supported by donations, memberships, and grant monies.

Hammill is working with Pine City music and theatre instructor Bradley Mariska to transform the 1930s era Pine City Auditorium into a movie house, complete with popcorn, candy, and soda.  Best of all, the evening of film will cost less than packing up the family and heading to a movie theatre out of town. Tickets for the August 14 event are only $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for K-12 students.

This special event is one-night only, Saturday, August 14 at 7:00 pm. Tickets  will be available at the door and the movies are appropriate for families, though parents are discouraged from bringing small children. Doors open at 6:15pm.

ABOUT ZACH HAMMILL

Zach Hammill grew up in Pine City, MN, where, during high school, he cultivated his love for drawing, writing and performing, highly active in speech, drama, and the Pine City Heritage Players community theater.  Upon graduation from PCHS, he attended the prestigious American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York.  In 2001 he returned to Pine City to direct the Heritage Players play “Cheaper By The Dozen,” and then moved to Minneapolis where he enjoyed a career as an actor in professional theater and independent films over the next several years.

DETAILED SCHEDULE OF FILM SCREENING
6:15 – doors open
7:00 The Vandal (~9 minutes)
7:10 Holy Water! (~3 minutes)
7:15 Five Bucks’ Til Friday (~28 minutes)
7:45 INTERMISSION (~10 minutes) (audience members submit written questions)
7:55 The Language of Freedom (~40 minutes)
8:35 Talk-back (~10 minutes)
8:45 Mickey vs. The Snowman (parental discretion advised) (~37 minutes)
9:25 Screening concludes

(Info provided by Brad Mariska)