Marqueetown

No one fights to preserve a multiplex, but some people will risk everything to save a marquee...

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|2024|83 min

Through booms and busts, Delft Theatres and its innovative gem The Nordic endured in Marquette, Michigan for almost 100 years. Bernie Rosendahl’s crusade to restore the historic arthouse to its former glory reveals a hidden cinema empire in the Upper Peninsula.

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