Old Heart (2025)

Please join us for the World Premiere of the feature film Old Heart adapted from Peter Ferry’s award winning novel. A play based on this mixed race love story was performed at the Redford in 2022.

This World War II feature drama is a tribute to the courageous black soldiers who defeated the world’s greatest racist, Adolf Hitler, while serving in the segregated United States Army. The film’s release coincides with the 80th anniversary of European Liberation.

Shortly after the southern Netherlands is liberated in the fall of 1944, Army Private Tom Johnson (Jamelle Sargent) teams up with Dutch translator Sarah van Praag (Amsterdam actress Eva Doueri) to help smuggle food and supplies to starving people in the north trapped behind Nazi lines. Sixty years later Johnson, now 85, returns to the Netherlands to find the love of his life. The film's release coincides with the 80th anniversary of European World War II liberation.

Starring Detroit’s Edward Gaines, the film, shot in the Netherlands and Michigan, features Diane van Wesep, Shannon Huneryager, Zaneta Adams, Kurt Schroeder and Roosevelt Johnson. This exclusive Redford Theater event features a distinguished World War II historian, a United States Senator and other special guests.

A special VIP event at 6 p.m. includes food and drink and a cast and crew meet and greet.

2025 | 1 hour and 30 minutes

Website: https://www.rogerrapoport.com/oldheartmovie

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1032573788/95f52ccbd2