No one fights to preserve a multiplex, but some people will risk everything to save a marquee. Through booms and busts, Delft Theatres Inc. - and its innovative gem, The Nordic - endured in Marquette for almost 100 years, even as the world changed endlessly around them.
Local teenager Bernie Rosendahl’s modern crusade to restore the historic arthouse to its former glory leads filmmakers to discover a hidden cinema empire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Portraying the fascinating history of motion pictures through one iconic screen - "Marqueetown" is the true story of chasing your dreams, redefining failure and success, and reembracing the enduring magic of movies.
- Runtime83 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- DirectorJoseph Beyer, Jordan Anderson
- ScreenwriterJoseph Beyer, Jordan Anderson
- ProducerHabs Studios
- Executive ProducerDiana Milock and Kathleen Glynn
- Co-ProducerTerry Lynn Carrithers, Joe and Katie Anderson, Ward and Mary B. Gillett and Kathleen Verduin
- CastTanner Presswood as Bernie Rosendahl, Jim Foley as Paul Rogers, Brian Raetz as Michael Meredith Hare
- CinematographerJordan Anderson with Archival Footage from Makari Rising, Jack Deo and Gary Graver
No one fights to preserve a multiplex, but some people will risk everything to save a marquee. Through booms and busts, Delft Theatres Inc. - and its innovative gem, The Nordic - endured in Marquette for almost 100 years, even as the world changed endlessly around them.
Local teenager Bernie Rosendahl’s modern crusade to restore the historic arthouse to its former glory leads filmmakers to discover a hidden cinema empire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Portraying the fascinating history of motion pictures through one iconic screen - "Marqueetown" is the true story of chasing your dreams, redefining failure and success, and reembracing the enduring magic of movies.
- Runtime83 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- DirectorJoseph Beyer, Jordan Anderson
- ScreenwriterJoseph Beyer, Jordan Anderson
- ProducerHabs Studios
- Executive ProducerDiana Milock and Kathleen Glynn
- Co-ProducerTerry Lynn Carrithers, Joe and Katie Anderson, Ward and Mary B. Gillett and Kathleen Verduin
- CastTanner Presswood as Bernie Rosendahl, Jim Foley as Paul Rogers, Brian Raetz as Michael Meredith Hare
- CinematographerJordan Anderson with Archival Footage from Makari Rising, Jack Deo and Gary Graver