Community Cinema presents "Medora" tomorrow night at 7pm

[Don Tingle]

MEDORA

Friday, March 21st at 7pm. At The Film Co-op

Free

From the Filmmakers:

Medora, Indiana, is one of those tiny, rural towns where the factories have shut down, drugs have moved in, and things have grown dire. Its high school boys’ basketball team, the Medora Hornets, has also suffered, losing games by outrageous margins, and often finishing the season without a single win. It’s no surprise that a 2009 article in The New York Times about the Hornets’ struggles and the dwindling town of Medora would captivate the two of us – lifelong friends who met on a basketball court in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is surrounded by decaying Rust Belt factory towns and farm towns itself, just a few hours north of Medora.

Medora follows the Medora Hornets varsity basketball team over the course of the 2011 season, capturing the players’ stories both on and off the court. The Hornets have had a multiseason losing streak, and the team’s struggle to compete parallels the town’s fight for survival. The film focuses on four of the players, and in doing so, brings to light some of the problems dogging Medora.

Trailer for Medora - a moving story about growing up poor and in small town America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4vE5Kpvf5c