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Immediate  Family
Sep
2

Immediate Family

Gummfest 2024

Join us for Gummfest, an annual film festival hosted by the chairman of our Film Society advisory council, Dr. Darrel Gumm. Enjoy an exciting series of films, chosen specifically for the Peoria Riverfront Museum’s Giant Screen.

Four musicians find lasting success but stay out of the limelight while performing with iconic singers Phil Collins, James Taylor, Carole King and others.

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Perfect Days
Sep
1

Perfect Days

Gummfest 2024

Join us for Gummfest, an annual film festival hosted by the chairman of our Film Society advisory council, Dr. Darrel Gumm. Enjoy an exciting series of films, chosen specifically for the Peoria Riverfront Museum’s Giant Screen.

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.

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Hit Man
Aug
31

Hit Man

Gummfest 2024

Join us for Gummfest, an annual film festival hosted by the chairman of our Film Society advisory council, Dr. Darrel Gumm. Enjoy an exciting series of films, chosen specifically for the Peoria Riverfront Museum’s Giant Screen.

Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater's sunlit neo-noir stars Glen Powell as strait-laced professor Gary Johnson, who moonlights as a fake hit man for the New Orleans Police Department. Preternaturally gifted at inhabiting different guises and personalities to catch hapless people hoping to bump off their enemies, Gary descends into morally dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to one of those potential criminals, a beautiful young woman named Madison (Adria Arjona).

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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Aug
31

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Gummfest 2024

Join us for Gumm Fest, an annual film festival hosted by the chairman of our Film Society advisory council, Dr. Darrel Gumm. Enjoy an exciting series of films, chosen specifically for the Peoria Riverfront Museum’s Giant Screen.

Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family. A beloved character gets his big-screen debut in this hilarious and heartwarming story about finding connection in the smallest corners.

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It Ain't Over (2023)
Aug
30

It Ain't Over (2023)

Gummfest 2024

Join us for Gumm Fest, an annual film festival hosted by the chairman of our Film Society advisory council, Dr. Darrel Gumm. Enjoy an exciting series of films, chosen specifically for the Peoria Riverfront Museum’s Giant Screen.

An intimate portrait of a misunderstood American icon, this emotional and uplifting documentary about Yogi Berra takes us beyond the caricatures and "Yogisms," and into the heart of a sports legend whose unparalleled accomplishments on the baseball diamond were often overshadowed by his off-the-field persona.

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