Bay Film Series Announces Changes to 2023 Schedule

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By Nanci Love
Published October 17, 2023

The Bay Film Series at Bay College, celebrating the art of filmmaking, announces some changes to its Fall schedule as we begin our annual Race to the Oscars!

All Film Series movies are shown in Bay College’s Besse Center, the Besse Theater, 2001 N Lincoln Rd, Escanaba, at 7 p.m. EST.  Admission: $5, K-Bay: $2.  Tickets are available at the Besse Center Box Office or online, visit www.baycollege.tix.com.  K-Bay students and employees of the College can purchase tickets in-person with a valid ID.

Changes to the Bay Film Series Fall 2023 Movie Schedule:

Oct 19  - Black Ice

As previously scheduled, our next show is a Canadian documentary that is a possible Oscar nominee.  Everyone knows that hockey is a vital aspect of Canadian identity.  But unknown to most is how internal racism has affected players of color, denying them opportunity and entry into the sport throughout its history.  Using interviews, history, news footage, and celebrity commentary, this expose traces the historical founding of the sport to today’s NFL.  RogerEbert.com calls the film “an icebreaking expose.”

Nov 9 - The League

The second of our sports documentaries this semester, The League, according to The Los Angeles Times, is “equal parts tribute and lament, as complicated as this country.”

According to Rotten Tomatoes, this film “celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century. The story is told through previously unearthed archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with legendary players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil -- whose early careers paved the way for the Jackie Robinson era -- as well as celebrated Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron who started out in the Negro Leagues. From entrepreneurial titans Cumberland Posey and Gus Greenlee, whose intense rivalry fueled the rise of two of the best baseball teams ever to play the game, to Effa Manley, the activist owner of the Newark Eagles and the only woman ever admitted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, The League explores Black baseball as an economic and social pillar of Black communities and a stage for some of the greatest athletes to ever play the game, while also examining the unintended consequences of integration.”

Dec 7 - Oppenheimer

One of this year’s break out hits, this film by acclaimed director Christopher Nolan has been called “a marvel,” “jarring,” “literally amazing,” and “mythical, masterful, and memorable.”  The film tells the story of the creation WWII’s atomic bomb by the Manhattan Project through the eyes of the scientists and researchers involved.  Favored in many Oscar categories and a world-wide sensation, this movie is a “must see” for film lovers.

For questions, contact the Events Department: events_FROM_BAY_COLLEGE or 906-217-4040 or the Box Office: 906-217-4045.

The Bay Film Series, located on the beautiful campus of Bay College in Escanaba, showcases the art of film-making, focusing on independent, foreign, and local movies as well as current documentaries. For over 20 years, we've been programing "art house" titles that aren't often shown in smaller cities. Our "Race to the Oscars" is an annual event.