The Prairie Pride Film Festival

10/20/2024

About to kick off the final day of the festival at Alamo Drafthouse Omaha! Don’t forget to come grab OutNebraska swag outside the theatre afterward.

10/20/2024

Reminder for our Omaha friends–some festival showtimes have changed. Get tickets at outnebraska.org.

Update: two showtimes in our Omaha lineup at Alamo Drafthouse Omaha have changed to allow for a smoother festival flow. See you Sunday! 👋

10/19/2024

We’re here in Hastings for the second leg of 2024’s Prairie Pride Film Festival. Tickets are still available at outnebraska.org! See you soon. 🎬

10/18/2024

Update: two showtimes in our Omaha lineup at Alamo Drafthouse Omaha have changed to allow for a smoother festival flow. See you Sunday! 👋

10/18/2024

Thanks to all who attended the first night of the 2024 Prairie Pride Film Festival at The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center! The festival will travel to Hastings College on Saturday, and to Alamo Drafthouse Omaha on Sunday.

Get your tickets: outnebraska.org/ppff24. 🎟️

10/17/2024

Coming soon to the Prairie Pride Film Festival, BLACK LIVES / BLACK LUNGS highlights the decades-long predatory advertising tactics of Big To***co toward Black communities, an issue similarly faced by the LGBTQ+ community.

📽️ Oct 17 @ 4 PM: The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
🎟️ Oct 19 @ 2 PM: Hastings College Theatre

The idea for BLACK LIVES / BLACK LUNGS came to director Lincoln Mondy when he noticed the overwhelming use of menthol ci******es among his Black family members. Mondy came to realize his family’s smoking habits weren’t just a coincidence– menthol ci******es are easier to smoke and harder to quit, and to***co companies target Black consumers in their ads.

As part of our shared mission to promote to***co cessation and prevention education, To***co Free Lancaster County and OutNebraska are proud to bring BLACK LIVES / BLACK LUNGS to the Prairie Pride Film Festival. This documentary short will accompany feature film THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS in Lincoln and Hastings.

10/17/2024

This Sunday only: A HOUSE IS NOT A DISCO from director Brian J. Smith at the Prairie Pride Film Festival! Get tickets: https://outnebraska.org/ppff24/

🍿 Oct 20 @ 12:30 PM: Alamo Drafthouse Omaha

A HOUSE IS NOT A DISCO poses the question: what if you really did put all the g**s on one island? In this portrait of q***r paradise, past and present blur as the iconic beach town, Fire Island Pines, bands together to celebrate its legacy and redefine itself for a new, more inclusive era.

With cinematography like a Frederick Wiseman movie on magic mushrooms, a large cast of unforgettable eccentrics, activists, drifters, and first timers reflect on the legacy of the Pines while preparing their beloved village for the biggest challenge it has faced since the AIDS crisis—rising seas caused by climate change.

10/16/2024

THIS TIME from director Robert Vaughn–this weekend at the Prairie Pride Film Festival. Get tickets: https://outnebraska.org/ppff24/

📽️ Oct 17 @ 6 PM: The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
🎟️ Oct 19 @ 4:30 PM: Hastings College Theatre
🍿 Oct 20 @ 2:30 PM: Alamo Drafthouse Omaha

When her father passes away, closeted teen Grace discovers cryptic clues about his secret life through an old journal. Knowing she’ll soon be forced into conversion therapy, Grace makes a daring break for it at her father’s funeral, taking his ashes with her in a stolen hearse.

THIS TIME will be accompanied by documentary short SEAT 31 from director Kimberly Reed in our festival lineup.

10/16/2024

This weekend at the Prairie Pride Film Festival: SEAT 31, a documentary short from director Kimberly Reed. Get tickets: https://outnebraska.org/ppff24/

📽️ Oct 17 @ 6 PM: The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
🎟️ Oct 19 @ 4:30 PM: Hastings College Theatre
🍿 Oct 20 @ 2:30 PM: Alamo Drafthouse Omaha

After Rep. Zooey Zephyr declared that those voting in favor of Montana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors would have blood on their hands, she was blocked by conservative lawmakers from speaking on any bills.

Turning a tough situation into a moment, Zephyr made a nearby bench her “office.” In SEAT 31, Kimberly Reed’s cameras land next to Zooey, capturing shocking, funny, and joyous events as the lawmaker fights for not only the rights of her 11,000 constituents, but the precedent of trans legislation as a whole.

SEAT 31 accompanies feature film THIS TIME from director Robert Vaughn in our festival lineup.

10/15/2024

DUINO follows filmmaker Matias as he struggles to finish editing a movie inspired by his elusive first love, Alexander.

Tickets: https://outnebraska.org/ppff24/

📽️ Oct 17 @ 9 PM: The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
🎟️ Oct 19 @ 7:30 PM: Hastings College Theatre
🍿 Oct 20 @ 5 PM Alamo Drafthouse Omaha

Tenderness and fascination defined their young friendship, but it was cut short when Alexander was suddenly expelled from their shared boarding school, leaving young Matias with a story of undeclared emotions, even 25 years later.