Name: Great Lakes Cinema Series: Across the Universe
Start: 2026-05-05T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Great Lakes Center for the Arts

Great Lakes Cinema Series: Across the Universe

Nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes and Best Costume Design at the Academy Awards. It also earned nominations from the GLAAD Media Awards and other critics and industry groups, and won the Silver Frog at Camerimage for cinematography.
A romantic musical told mainly through numerous Beatles songs performed by the characters. A young man from Liverpool comes to America during the Vietnam War to find his father. He winds up in Greenwich Village, where he falls in love with an American girl who has grown up sheltered in the suburbs. Together, they experience the sweeping changes of America in the late '60s.