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Four Encore Showings Set for Lake Bluff Children's Home Documentary

Premiere sellout causes need for additional opportunities to view locally produced film.

Additional showings of the Lake Bluff documentary, “A Childhood Lost & Found", produced by Lake Bluff resident Kraig Moreland, are scheduled over the next month at various locations.

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  • Oct. 27, 1 p.m. at , 244 E. Center Ave, Lake Bluff.
  • Nov. 11, 7 p.m. at , 31 E. Sheridan Place.
  • Nov. 17, 1 p.m. at  Dickinson Hall, 100 E. Old Mill Road, Lake Forest.
  • Nov. 26, 7:30 p.m. at 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest.

The Sept. 24 premiere was a two-show sellout at The film tells an emotional and heartfelt story of the the children who lived there and the people who cared for them. The film uses archival photographs dating from 1894 when the home was founded and tells the story through interviews with individuals who grew up in the home and historic reenactments using local children and adults as actors. 

The admission fee is $10 for adults and $5 for children, payable at the door.

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Proceeds will be used to offset production costs and to benefit the Lake Bluff History Museum.

For additional information, visit the Lake Bluff History Museum website.


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