OLD HEART SCREENINGS AND VIP EVENTS 2025

Set for release in May 2025 during the 80th anniversary celebration of World War 2 European Liberation Day, Old Heart plays across America and in the Netherlands.

May 3 - Sneak Preview Park Slope Library Brooklyn, New York - 2 p.m. Producer/Screenwriter Roger Rapoport will be joined by several New York producers. Reservations highly recommended for this sneak preview.

May 14- Ludington Arts Center, Ludington, Michigan, 2 p.m. screening with stars, producer and a World War 2 historians. A free poster is included with admission. The book Old Heart will be on sale.

May 15 - Ludington Arts Center, Ludington, Michigan, 6 p.m. screening with stars, producer and a World War 2 historians. A free poster is included with admission. The book Old Heart will be on sale.

May 17: Redford Theater, Detroit Special VIP event precedes this screening with stars and production team meet and greet, dessert and a poster. Dearborn and Detroit actors Edward Gaines and Roosevelt Johnson will be join by their costars, director and producer. Tickets are available for the 6 p.m. VIP event that precedes the 8 p.m. screening. 

May 18: VIP Event With Muskegon Museum of History and Science , 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. with stars, director and a presentation by former director of Michigan Department of Veterans Affair Zaneta Adams.  Drinks, light refreshment, a tour of the Home Front Heroes World War 2 exhibit and autographed poster at included. Tickets for the June 1 Mona Shore premiere at 3 p.m. are included with this VIP event that includes excerpts from the film.

May 22: Garden Theater, Frankfort, Michigan. Stars and producer will be on hand. A special VIP reception is planned for this event.

May 31: State Theater, South Haven, Michigan 1 p.m. screening with stars and producer, Southwest Michigan Behvioral Health and Veterans Navigator, Toni Kennedy. Cast and the producer will be on hand.

June 1: Muskegon Area Premiere at Mona Shores High School 3 p.m. with stars, director, producer and a free poster. Zaneta Adams, who has a key role in the film, will make a presentation. She will joined by cast and crew. A special guest will be joining this event.

June 4: Chicago Premiere. 7:30 p.m. Chopin Theater with stars, director and producer. This special event cohosted by Chicago Literary Quarterly editor Gary Houston and Rick Kogan (Chicago Tribune/WGN) honors hometown Old Heart author Peter Ferry who died in September 2024, the week filming began.

June 5: Cinema Carousel, Norton Shores (Muskegon County) regular run begins. Cast and crew will introduce evening screenings.

June 8: Grand Rapids, Michigan Veterans Home 2p.m. This special event honoring our veterans during the 80th anniversary of European Liberation will include West Michigancast members, the producer and speakers.

June 13: Gilmore Car Museum, with Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health and Veterans Navigator Toni Kennedy. Noon to 4 p.m. 6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners, Michigan. Cast will join a speaker from the veterans community.

June: Marina Del Rey Film Festival Culver Theater 9500 Culver Blvd., Culver City. Date TBA

June 17: California Premiere Hillside Club, Berkeley California with the film’s producer. Time TBA

June 25: The Association for the Advancement of Dutch American Studies bi-annual national conference, Schaap Auditorium, Hope College, Holland Michigan, 6:30 p.m. Stars and the producer will be present. Open to the Public.

June 26: The Association for the Advancement of Dutch American Studies bi-annual national conference, Schaap Auditorium, Hope College, Holland Michigan. Stars and the producer will be present for a 3 p.m. screening. Open to the Public.

June 29: Dogwood Center, Fremont, Michigan, 6:30 p.m. featuring a post screening conversation with Fremont actress Martha Kallenbach and director Kirk Wahamaki.

July 20: Kan-Kan Indy, Indianapolis 5 p.m. preceded by special event VIP honoring Old Heart author Peter Ferry with director Kirk Wahamaki and Carolyn Ferry.

August 9 : Tibbets Theater, Coldwater, Michigan noon to 4 p.m. with Southwest Michigan Behaviorial Health and Veterans Navigator Toni Kennedy. Cast will join this event.

September 20: Theater De Schalm, Veldhoven., Netherlands with lead actors Edward Gaines, Eva Doueiri, producer/screenwriter Roger Rapoport, historian/author Robert Catsburg and Sebastiaan Volk of blackliberators.nl. Tickets for the 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. showings are here. Veldhoven is the setting for much of Old Heart.

September 21: Kijkhuis Leiden  Netherlands in association with Studium Generale Universiteit Leiden, 10:30 a.m. Detroit Lead Actor Edward Gaines, Dutch costar Eva Doueiri, and producer/screenwriter Roger Rapoport will join a panel with a Dutch Historian. We thank Mieke Kirkels for making this event possible. Coffee and cake will be provided.

September 21: Hilweg, Netherlands, Biesbosch MuseumEiland Museum. This event at scenic Biesbosch National Park commemorates the smuggling operations from liberated Southern Netherlands to people starving in northern cities behind Nazi Lines during the Hunger Winter of 1944-45. Lead actor Edward Gaines joins Dutch actress Eva Doueiri and producer Roger Rapoport who will appear with a museum historian. Guests who arrive early can take a boat tour of this waterway featured in the film. Seating is limited and reservatios are advised.

September 22: (Evening) Leiden, Netherlands at Kijkhuis Leiden in association with Studien Generale Leiden. Detroit Lead Actor Edward Gaines, Dutch costar Eva Doueiri, and producer/screenwriter Roger Rapoport will join a panel with a Dutch Historian. We thank Mieke Kirkels for making this event possible.

Many more dates will be added soon in America and the Netherlands.

For enquires about booking the film for an event or showing, please contact Producer Roger Rapoport at rogerdrapoport@me.com (231) 720-0930 (v0ice only).

Old Heart Screenings in Holland

Old Heart Screenings