{"id":2110102,"date":"2025-10-23T09:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2110102"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:37:43","slug":"fairyland-movie-with-roots-in-kewanee-shows-at-wanee-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fairyland-movie-with-roots-in-kewanee-shows-at-wanee-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fairyland\u2019 movie, with roots in Kewanee, shows at Wanee Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A movie with roots in Kewanee is showing at the Wanee Theater, 106 S. Main St., Kewanee.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>\u2018Fairyland\u2019 (IMDb)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFairyland\u201d is based on the memoir \u201cFairyland: A Memoir of My Father,\u201d by Alysia Abbott, daughter of poet Steve and Barbara (Binder) Abbott. The film is about Alysia Abbott, who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s in San Francisco with her father, and is set against the gay rights movement and the AIDS crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alysia Abbott visited her grandparents in Kewanee for many summers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFairyland\u201d debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023. It stars Emilia Jones as Alysia and Scoot McNairy as her father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 23-26. For more information, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.waneetheater.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch the trailer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=jA9BNP8zwR3r45je&amp;v=_1syOndjk8g&amp;feature=youtu.be\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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Main St., Kewanee. \u2018Fairyland\u2019 (IMDb) \u201cFairyland\u201d is based on the memoir \u201cFairyland: A Memoir of My Father,\u201d by Alysia Abbott, daughter of poet Steve and Barbara (Binder) Abbott. 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