Mike Wolanin | The Republic Director Robert Moniot, left, talks with actor Noah Emmerich during a break in between shooting scenes for “The Ice Cream Man” movie at Zaharakos in Columbus on March 15.
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Due to overwhelming interest, a second showing of “The Ice Cream Man” has been added on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 1:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.yescinema.org or in person during regular box office hours at YES Cinema (328 Jackson St.) or by calling 812-378-0377.
The film highlights the story of the Jewish Cahn, a Netherlands World War II-era ice cream parlor owner who chose resistance in spite of certain death during the Nazi invasion. His arrest led to the February Strike of 1941 — the first anti-Nazi protest.
More than 300,000 workers in Amsterdam went on strike February 25 and 26,1941, to protest Cahn’s arrest at his shop, and the ongoing, forced labor of Jews by the Nazi regime.
Portions of “The Ice Cream Man” were filmed at Zaharakos in downtown Columbus, to represent what a 1900s ice cream parlor that would resemble the Koco Ice Cream Parlor in 1941 Amsterdam.
YES Cinema is your Cinema with a Cause, owned and operated by the Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center, with all proceeds benefiting programming provided through the nonprofit, LCNFC. For more information, visit www.yescinema.org or call 812-378-0377.
