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CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
Audio Film Review: ‘Fremont’ is a Reflection on the Way We Are
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 8, 2023 - 1:53pm
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Chicago’s Music Box Films Presents ”Fremont,” in select theaters including the Music Box Theatre in Chicago (click link) on September 8th. See local listings for other locations. Featuring Anaita Wali Zada, Gregg Tarkington, Hilda Schmelling, Eddie Tang and Jeremy Allen White. Written by Babak Jalali and Carolina Cavalli. Directed by Babak Jalali. Not Rated.
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s on-air review of “Fremont”
Fremont
Photo credit: Music Box Films
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s on-air review of “Fremont”
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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Fremont,” a beautiful and poignant story of an Afghanistan immigrant, stuck between two cultures in America … co-written and directed by Babak Jalali. In select theaters on September 8th, see local listings.
 Rating: 5.0/5.0 |
Donya (Anaita Wali Zada) is an ex-translator for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, who just managed to get out of the war-torn country on a special visa and has found work in Fremont, California, with a family-run fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Around the same time she is promoted to write the fortunes for the cookies, she begins to see a therapist (Gregg Turkington) who connects in a profound way to her case, and she begins to open up to new possibilities, including an encounter with a lonely auto mechanic (Jeremy Allen White of TV’s “The Bear.”
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s on-air review of “Fremont”Fremont
Photo credit: Music Box Films
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s on-air review of “Fremont”
