The Hermiston Public Library will host a special screening of the film The Great Northwest.
The film will be shown at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22.
The film is a 90-minute experimental documentary based on the re-creation of a 3,200 mile road trip made in 1958 by four Seattle women who thoroughly documented their journey in an elaborate scrapbook.
Fifty years later, Portland filmmaker Matt McCormick found that scrapbook in a thrift store, and in 2010 set out on the road, following their route as precisely as possible and searching out every stop in which the ladies had documented. Patiently shot with an observational, cinema-vérité approach, The Great Northwest is a lyrical time capsule that explores how the landscape, architecture, and culture of the Pacific Northwest has changed over the past 50 years.
McCormick will be on hand to introduce the film and will hold a Q & A segment afterwards.
This screening is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Hermiston Public Library at 541-567-2882 or email mbaldo@hermiston.or.us.
