The Fargo Theatre is proud to announce the North Dakota premiere of the feature film Brooklyn, Minnesota. The award-winning, Minnesota-made film is an entertaining and dramatic love letter to lake land.
Writers and directors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen are now based in Brooklyn, but have ties to the state of Minnesota: Blank attended college in the Twin Cities, and Jensen originally hails from Detroit Lakes.
Brooklyn, Minnesota screens at 7:00pm on Friday, March 20th as part of the Fargo Film Festival. Filmmaker Erik Jensen will appear in person after the screening for a conversation about the making of the film.
Synopsis:
When the grandfather she never knew dies, headstrong 14-year-old Maisie and her single artist dad Kurt leave their Brooklyn bubble to go back to his childhood home. In Minnesota, channeling the Riot Grrrl spirit of her late mom, Maisie will upend family patterns, fall in love, and force her family to confront each other and themselves. Married filmmaking duo Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen (The Exonerated, Almost Home) direct their real life daughter Sadie Jensen-Blank in her first leading role.
Also starring Oscar nominee Amy Madigan (Weapons, Field of Dreams) this family drama is “a story of profound forgiveness and a reminder for all of us to love even harder than we think possible.”