Lights, Camera, Connecticut!

Lights, Camera, Connecticut!   

Ticket price includes a signed copy of Illeana’s new book, Connecticut in the Movies, published by Lyons Press (local publisher in Essex, CT).  

Join actress and author Illeana Douglas and public radio’s Colin McEnroe as they discuss Illeana’s new book Connecticut in the Movies and share behind the scenes histories highlighting Connecticut cinema. 

Illeana Douglas has long been known for shining new light on forgotten films. Now the celebrated actress and film historian turns her focus to the Connecticut movie. Told from the passionate perspective of an author who grew up here, the book takes the reader on a cinematic road trip through Hollywood history and Connecticut geography. She defines how the perception of on-screen Connecticut, originally created in Hollywood, has shifted more than that of any other New England state over the decades and provides some surprising conclusions about just what it means to be a “Connecticut movie.” 

ILLEANA DOUGLAS has starred in films such as Cape Fear, To Die For, Grace of My Heart, and Ghost World, as well as in the TV shows Goliath, Shrill, Entourage, and Six Feet Under. She is the author of I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories from a Life Lived In and Out of the Movies. A regular contributor to Trailers From Hell, she’s done memorable film interviews and introductions for Turner Classic Movies, for Criterion Channel, and on her podcast The Film Scene.

COLIN MCENROE is an author, playwright, professor, columnist, and blogger, who is allergic to penicillin.