Renowned filmmaker Nick Broomfield’s “Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love” opens Aug. 16 at Nebraska’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
Also showing is “Maiden,” which showcases a competitive all-female sailboat crew that was nearly inconceivable in the manly world of open-ocean yacht racing.
The romantic “Marianne and Leonard” documentary opens on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, where Leonard Cohen, then a struggling and unknown fiction writer, and Marianne Hilen, a single mother with a young son, are part of a community of expat artists, writers and musicians. The production features never-before-seen footage that offers a unique portrait of an idyllic 1960s bohemia.
It also highlights the root of a friendship between Marianne and Leonard that would last another 50 years until their deaths in 2016.
Scheduled to show through Aug. 22, “Marianne and Leonard” is rated R for some drug material, sexual references and brief nudity.
Set in 1989, “Maiden” features Tracy Edwards, a 26-year-old skipper and her team — doubted by all — as they shock the sailing world during the global, 32,000-mile Whitebread race. Edwards was awarded the 1990 yachtsman of the year award after the race. She was the first woman to ever win the award and was named a member of the Order of the British Empire.
“Maiden” is rated PG for language, thematic elements, some suggestive content and brief smoking images. It shows through Aug. 22.
For more information, including show times, call 402-472-5353 or visit the Ross website.
