The Hope College Knickerbocker Film Series will end its Winter Film Series with two very different films. An entertaining documentary about Julia Child runs on March 28-April 2, while an award-winning film set around women during the war in Kosovo concludes the series on April 4-9.
The documentary film chronicling the life of Julia Child, “Julia,” will run on Monday-Saturday,
March 28-April 2. Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person
narratives, and cutting-edge food cinematography, the film tells the story of the
legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think
about food, television and even women. Viewers get an in-depth look at Child’s path,
from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary book “Mastering the Art
of French Cooking” (1961), to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her
50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation. The film is rated PG-13.
“Hive,” a Kosovan drama based on the true story of Fahrije, will conclude the series
on Monday-Saturday,
April 4-9. Fahrije, whose husband went missing during the war in Kosovo, pulls together
the other widows in her patriarchal village to launch a business of selling her own
ajvar and honey to provide for her struggling family. Their journey of healing and
solace is met with hostility from the men in the village, who start a feud that threatens
the women’s newfound sovereignty, and, against the backdrop of Eastern Europe’s civil
unrest, the women join in a struggle to find hope and perseverance in uncertain times.
At the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, the film became the first film in Sundance history
to win all three main awards — the Grand Jury Prize, the Audience Award and the Directing
award — in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. The film is in Albanian with English
subtitles.
Tickets for the individual films are $7 for regular admission and $6 for senior citizens, Hope College staff and faculty, and children. Tickets will be sold at the door.
Audience members who need assistance to fully enjoy any event at Hope are encouraged to contact the college’s Events and Conferences Office by emailing events@hope.edu or calling 616-395-7222 on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Updates related to events are posted when available in the individual listings at hope.edu/calendar
The Knickerbocker Theatre is located in downtown Holland at 86 E. Eighth St., between College and Columbia avenues