OLD HEART A new movie adapted from Peter Ferry’s acclaimed novel — Coming Spring 2025
OLD HEART SCREENINGS AND VIP EVENTS 2025
Set for release in May 2025 during the 80th anniversary celebration of European Liberation Day, Old Heart filming has wrapped in the Netherlands and America.
May 3 - Sneak Preview Park Slope Library Brooklyn, New York at 2 p.m. Reservations highly recommended for this sneak preview.
May 17: Redford Theater, Detroit with stars, directors, and a United States Senator to be announced. 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
June 1: Muskegon Area Premiere at Mona Shores High School 3 p.m. with stars, director and a free poster. Zaneta Adams, who has a key role in the film, will make a presentation. She will join by cast and crew.
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.
June 29: Dogwood Center, Fremont, Michigan featuring a post screening conversation with Fremont actress Martha Kallenbach and director Kirk Wahamaki.
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.
Leiden, Netherlands at The Filmhouse in Association with Studium Generale Universiteit Leiden. Late September date will be announced soon. Lead cast and crew including Detroit’s Edward Gaines, Amsterdam’s Eva Doueiri, producer/screenwriter Roger Rapoport will join a panel with Dutch historians. We thank Mieke Kierkels for making this event possible
Many more dates will be added soon in America and the Netherlands. The film will be shown in Chicago, Indianapolis, Los Angeles,Washington D.C. and Michigan communities including Grand Rapids, South Haven, Grand Haven, Kalamazoo and Ludington. To schedule an event please contact us at (231) 720-0930.
For enquires about booking the film for an event or showing, please contact Producer Roger Rapoport at rogerdrapoport@me.com
Old Heart Screenings in Holland