The Fargo Film Festival is proud to announce that “Glob Lessons” will screen as a part of the closing night Best in Fest showcase at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 19 at the Fargo Theatre. Writer/director/star Nicole Rodenburg and writer/star Colin Froeber will both appear live on stage for a Q&A immediately following the film. Tickets are $12 and go on sale at 12:00 p.m. on February 22.
Fargo natives Rodenburg and Froeber wrote and star in the film which was shot locally and throughout the region. The acclaimed comedy/drama had its world premiere screening at the internationally renowned Tribeca Film Festival in 2021. “Glob Lessons” received the Prairie Spirit Award at the 2022 Fargo Film Festival, one of the festival’s top honors. The film was also awarded Honorable Mention by the Narrative Feature Jury.
About Glob Lessons:
While performing two-person low-budget children’s theatre out of a minivan across the frozen Midwest, two aimless thirtysomething strangers struggle to overcome their fears of inadequacy and intimacy in order to survive that lonely tundra called life. Visit the film’s website: www.globlessonsmovie.com
About the filmmaker:
Originally hailing from Fargo, North Dakota, Nicole Rodenburg is an actor, writer and director based in New York City. She’s known for her work developing new plays with our most groundbreaking and lauded contemporary playwrights, starring in Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Flick,” Samuel D. Hunter’s “The Whale,” and most recently, Ming Peiffer’s hit play “Usual Girls” at the Roundabout Theatre Company. Her screen credits include the starring role in “What Children Do” alongside John Early and Josh Ruben, Lifetime’s “Amish Witches,” and “Inside Amy Schumer.” “Glob Lessons,” written with her longtime collaborator Colin Froeber, is her directorial debut. Rodenburg says, “It has been our lifelong dream to have a feature film at the Fargo Film Festival. We’re so excited that this dream has become a reality, and that we’re getting the opportunity to share Glob Lessons, a love letter to our home state, with the community that did so much to make the film possible.”