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The Return of Frank James (1940)

  • Globe Cinema 617 8 Avenue Southwest Calgary, AB, T2P 1H1 Canada (map)
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Part of our Focus: Technicolor series.

Directed by Fritz Lang | USA | 92 mins

It’s a patchy bit of pop mythology: notorious outlaw Frank James (Henry Fonda) has chosen to lay low and make an honest go of things out on the wide open margins, until, having caught wind of the highly pernicious manner in which his brother Jesse was killed by the Ford brothers (John Carradine as Bob, Charles Tannen as Charlie), he sets out to implement a true justice intended to speak its own just truth.

-Written by Jason Wierzba

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In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that this screening takes place on Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory, as well as the oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations, Indigenous and non, who live, work and play, as well as help steward this land, honour and celebrate this territory.

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