Official Selection 2024 Soo Film Festival
Cast and Crew in Attendance

Directors: Joseph Beyer, Jordan Anderson
Documentary Feature, United States, 2024, 83 min, Color

No one fights to preserve a multiplex, but some people will risk everything to save a marquee. Through booms and busts, Delft Theatres Inc.—and its innovative gem, The Nordic—endured in Marquette for almost 100 years, even as the world changed endlessly around them.

Local kid Bernie Rosendahl’s modern crusade to restore the historic arthouse to its former glory leads filmmakers to discover a hidden cinema empire in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Portraying the fascinating history of motion pictures through one iconic screen, Marqueetown is the true story of chasing your dreams, redefining failure and success, and reembracing the enduring magic of movies.

GREAT LAKES CONNECTION
Our film is 100% Made in Michigan with an entirely Michigan cast and crew (who live here year-round). Our story is set in the Upper Peninsula and we filmed in Marquette, Skandia, Traverse City, Elk Rapids, Honor, Frankfort, and Birmingham Hills.