THE CONGRESSMAN with
Robert Mrazek in person
Filmmaker/Fmr. Congressman Robert Mrazek in person for discussion and Q&A
Friday,
April 29th at 8pm (Pre-Film Reception at 7pm)
$15 Members | $20 Public
Written and co-directed by
Long Island’s former U.S. congressman Robert Mrazek, The Congressman stars
Treat Williams as a Maine congressman who finds his life spiraling out of
control until he is able to regain his sense of purpose through the example of
self-reliant constituents fighting to save their way of life on a remote
island.
The Congressman is a film
that understands the politics that’s dominated 2016 all too well. Treat
Williams (Hair,
Prince of the City)
headlines a stellar cast as Maine congressman Charlie Winship, who’s having a
bad day. After being caught on video refusing to stand and recite the pledge of
allegiance, he knocks out another House member, confronts his angry ex-wife,
and faces denunciation by the media for attacking one of the most cherished
patriotic symbols in America. As his life spirals out of control, Charlie
embarks on a journey to a remote Maine island whose eccentric inhabitants are
in the middle of a shooting war in defense of their fishing grounds. Here is a
home-grown yet world class, humorous and moving film with the smell of the
Maine coast that raises the important question of what it means to be an
American. (USA, 2016, 98 min., Rated R, DCP | Dir. Jared Martin & Robert
Mrazek)
