Film featuring local courthouse to play in Ionia

The quaint town of Ionia, Mich., where one year ago a film crew shot scenes in the local courthouse, is showing the film this weekend.

"To Live and Die in Dixie," a feature-length film produced by the Grand Valley State University Summer Film Project in 2007, will play at the restored Ionia Theatre, 203 W. Main. Four showings are scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday and Thursday at 9 p.m. Fifty percent of box office receipts will be donated to the project.

Dixie was shot entirely in West Michigan, drawing professional actors from Hollywood, Chicago, Detroit and Grand Rapids. Based on a true story of a love triangle at a southern college that ended with two murders, the film was produced by a crew of more than 60 Grand Valley students working side-by-side with professionals.

For more information about the film, visit www.gvsu.edu/dixiefilm .