Outdoor Movie at the Grange! – The Whale Rider 

Outdoor Movies at the Grange are back for a second season from June – August! Come out and enjoy a movie under the stars and relax on the Grange lawn. Movies shown on the south wall of the building. In case of rain, movie will be shown indoors on the Grange’s new movie screen.

For our first Summer Outdoor Movie Night, The Lopez Island Grange will show the New Zealand family friendly drama “The Whale Rider.”

Time: 8 PM (live music), approx 9:00-9:30 PM – Movie shown at dusk

About: Only males are allowed to ascend to chiefdom in a Maori tribe in New Zealand. This ancient custom is upset when the child selected to be the next chief dies at birth. However his twin sister, Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), survives. At age 12, she enlists the help of her grandmother (Vicky Haughton) and the training of her uncle (Grant Roa) to claim her birthright. But to break with convention, she’ll have to do the impossible: win over her ultra-traditional grandfather (Rawiri Paratene.

Film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtZC5OOxoAQ

Bring chair, blanket, picnic etc.Popcorn served from our new popcorn machine! Admission FREE, donations graciously accepted and added to the Grange’s building maintenance fund and our summer exterior repair and painting of the building. Next movies shown in July and August with titles and times TBA.