A Tour for Good

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Nov. 9, 2024

Two local filmmakers, Joseph Beyer (your Northern Express film columnist!) and Jordan Anderson, toured their documentary, Marqueetown, around the country this year on an “Indie Film Road Tour For Good.” The film had more than 35 screenings in arthouse theaters, arts and culture venues, bars, libraries, and multiplexes. Locally, that included The Alluvion, Vogue Theatre, Garden Theater, Lyric Theatre, Dennos Museum Center, Elk Rapids Cinema, Charlevoix Cinema III, the Old Art Building, The Bay Community Theater, Workshop Brewing Company, and Glen Lake Library. One hundred percent of all ticket sales and concessions went back to the host venues, with more than 3,000 attendees and over $18,000 raised for theaters and arts venues. On Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7pm, Marqueetown will be broadcast locally on PBS (through WCMU Central Michigan University), featuring a special, seven-minute “Making of Marqueetown” behind the scenes bonus. Learn more at wcmu.org/television.