LC Film and Music Festival to screen Hollywood documentary

From Staff Reports

The Contraband

The Lake Charles Film and Music Festival will be screening Brotherhood of the Popcorn, a Hollywood documentary about "The Cliffhangers," a group of senior citizens who have been meeting for more than 35 years to watch and celebrate classic American films of the Golden Era.

The group includes a former video storeowner/projectionist, a L.A. Times newspaperman, a Rock-a-Billy recording artist, a fish truck driver, a celebrity house painter, an elementary school teacher, and two Emmy award-winning cartoon animators. Their personal stories, interwoven with clips of old films, scenes of historic Hollywood, and interviews with movie industry professionals, such as Peter O’Toole and El Capitan theatre pipe organist Rob Richards document a intimate, nostalgic look into movie history. 

The documentary was five years in the making, directed by award-winning Southern director Inda Reid, and produced by Predator Productions.

The film has been chosen as an official selection of the festival, and will be screened Oct. 10 at Central School Arts & Humanities Center.  All films at the festival will be screened between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., followed by an awards ceremony at 6 p.m.

Well known film critic and historian, Leonard Maltin, describes the film as "an affectionate portrait of friends from a wide range of backgrounds, whose common interest is a love of old movies."

"Brotherhood of the Popcorn is disarming and enjoyable, especially if you happen to share that love," Maltin said.

The Lake Charles Film and Music Festival is scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 10 at, located at Central School Arts & Humanities Center, 809 Kirby Street. For more information or to buy advance tickets, please visit the official film website at brotherhoodofthepopcorn.com or lakecharlesfilmfestival.com.