Centennial Film Festival Continues with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at Homestead National Monument of America

Date: January 28, 2016

Join us Saturday and Sunday, February 6 and 7, 2016, at 2 p.m.for the next installment of the Centennial Film Festival at Homestead National Monument of America's Education Center. This centennial year the festival is featuring popular movies filmed at National Park Service sites across America.

February 6 and 7 the festival will showcase Butch Cassidy &the Sundance Kid, "a 1969 western that tells the story of Wild West outlaws who are on the run from a U.S. posse after several train robberies."The American Film Institute ranked Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as the 49th-greatest American film on its AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) list.

"The Homestead Centennial Celebration continues with this exciting movie, complete with spectacular scenery of the American Southwest, including Zion National Park," stated Superintendent Mark Engler.

Film Festival Schedule (weekends through February):
2:00 p.m.February 6 &7    Butch Cassidy &the Sundance Kid
2:00 p.m.February 13 &14   Escape from Alcatraz
2:00 p.m.February 20 &21   Taps
2:00 p.m.February 27&28    Shane

Remember, Homestead National Monument of America has an exciting schedule of events planned for 2016. Keep up with the latest information by following us on Twitter (HomesteadNM), Facebook (HomesteadNM), and Instagram (HomesteadNPS).

Homestead National Monument of America is a unit of the National Park Service located four miles west of Beatrice, Nebraska and 45 miles south of Lincoln. Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free of charge. For additional information, please call 402-223-3514 or visit https://www.nps.gov/home/.

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