Saving Brinton

Saving Brinton (2018)

In rural Iowa, a beloved history teacher uncovers the century-old showreels of one of America's first motion picture impresarios and sets out to premiere the films at a historic local opera house.

Date of release
2018-01-25
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Tommy Haines, Andrew Sherburne

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Saving Brinton is a 2017 American documentary film about the efforts of Iowa resident Mike Zahs to preserve a large quantity of reels of film from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that he found in the basement of a farm house. It premiered at AFI Docs on June 17, 2017 and internationally at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post calls it one of 2018's "best movies of the year". It was directed by Tommy Haines and Andrew Sherburne.

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