LaPorte Indiana: The Movie

This is a photo taken in Fox Park, in LaPorte, Indiana. I remember playing on the swings there as a child, having family reunions and school picnics there, breaking up with a high school boyfriend there, walking the trails there with a longtime friend, and just going there for a sit and a bit of relief from life's ups and downs.  You don't grow up in LaPorte without knowing and using Fox Park.  Recently our town became the subject of a documentary about LaPorte, created by Director Joe Beshenkovsky  and Producer Jason Bitner. It's an interesting story about how this came to be, having to do with finding boxes and boxes of photos taken by a LaPorte photographer long ago.  LaPorte is the place I was born, grew up, and still live much of the time.  It's changed a lot over the years, but there's still the small town flavor and feeling it always had.  It's not unusual to hear or say "that's a LaPorte name".   As we did, many in the community donated to help bring this project to fruition.  If you're interested in this window on small town America, you can see a trailer of this documentary and more information about it here: http://laportemovie.com/    If you're from a small town too, you'll enjoy what's there so far. 

Comments

[Steve Keller]

Thanks for the post. Stumbled on it looking for the movie site (thank you for the link too.)

My father grew up in LP and I spent many a wonderful day being treated to the kindness of my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Don't know if you knew the Kellers or the Kendalls, but miss them all.