BRUNSWICK
Brunswick resident Louise Rosen is one of the producers for a new film— “Killing for Love” — making its Maine screen debut at Frontier Café & Cinema tonight.
The film will be shown at Frontier through Thursday, Feb. 1.
Directors Marcus Vetter and Karin Steinberger’s “ Killing for Love” presents the case of Jens Soering, who was convicted in 1990 of brutally murdering his girlfriend’s parents and is serving a double life sentence in a Virginia prison. As seen in dramatic courtroom footage, the prosecution argued this was a killing for love but the film sheds new light on the trial and reveals critical facts that support Soering’s declarations of innocence.
“I’m delighted to have ‘Killing for Love’ showing here in Maine, starting with my hometown of Brunswick, at the wonderful Frontier, Rosen said. “I look forward to speaking with members of the audience about the film and the questions it raises about judicial process, wrongful convictions and DNA evidence.”
Rosen will be present for Q&A sessions at the Frontier Saturday evening — joined by Tina Heather Nadeau, director of the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers — and Sunday afternoon — joined by MACDL board member Amy Fairfield, who recently obtained the release of Anthony Sanborn after he served 27 years.
“Killing for Love” will have additional Maine screenings on Sunday, Feb. 4, at Railroad Square in Waterville, and on Saturday and Sunday, March 24-25, at the Portland Museum of Art.
At the Railroad Square screening, Logan Perkins, MACDL board member from Belfast, will participate in a Q&A session. Rosen will also participate in a Q& A following both screenings at the PMA and is organizing a panel session with special guests to follow one of them; those details are still to be determined.
More information about the screening details and tickets can be found at www.explorefrontier.com/event/killi ng-for-love.
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