Join us for a showing in the Library of Michigan Forum Auditorium of the 2025 movie "Old Heart," a film by Michigan writer, activist, and filmmaker Roger Rapoport.
Adapted from Peter Ferry’s award-winning novel, "Old Heart" tells the story of Tom Johnson, an American soldier who is part of the Allied liberation of the Southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944. He works with Jewish translator, Sarah van Praag, to smuggle food and supplies to starving residents of northern cities trapped behind Nazi lines. They also fall in love.
Sixty years later, in the summer of 2005, Tom foils his family’s plan to move him to an assisted living facility by taking a flight to the Netherlands. He is determined to find Sarah again, the love of his life.
Following the movie, there will be a Q&A session with Director of the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Terry J. Sabo, former Director of the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Zaneta Adams, filmmaker Roger Rapoport, movie director Kirk Wahamaki, and lead actor Ed Gaines.
The event is free to attend. No tickets or registration required.
Library of Michigan 702 West Kalamazoo Street Lansing, MI 48915
Start: May 14, 2026 6:30 PM
End: May 14, 2026 8:30 PM
Join us for a showing in the Library of Michigan Forum Auditorium of the 2025 movie "Old Heart," a film by Michigan writer, activist, and filmmaker Roger Rapoport.
Adapted from Peter Ferry’s award-winning novel, "Old Heart" tells the story of Tom Johnson, an American soldier who is part of the Allied liberation of the Southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944. He works with Jewish translator, Sarah van Praag, to smuggle food and supplies to starving residents of northern cities trapped behind Nazi lines. They also fall in love.
Sixty years later, in the summer of 2005, Tom foils his family’s plan to move him to an assisted living facility by taking a flight to the Netherlands. He is determined to find Sarah again, the love of his life.
Following the movie, there will be a Q&A session with Director of the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Terry J. Sabo, former Director of the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Zaneta Adams, filmmaker Roger Rapoport, movie director Kirk Wahamaki, and lead actor Ed Gaines.
The event is free to attend. No tickets or registration required.
