Noted documentarian to speak in Ocala

Kerry Candaele is an award-winning documentary film director, writer and musician. [Photo courtesy beethovenhero.com/filmmakers]

The College of Central Florida will host documentarian Kerry Candaele on March 25 and 26 as part of the Ira Holmes International Film Series.

Wendy Adams, director of the film series, wrote in an email that Candaele is a Beethoven expert with three films about Beethoven and also is the son and nephew of the two female leads in the Penny Marshall film “A League of Their Own.”

“We will be screening Candaele’s film ‘Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Last Symphony’ at the Marion Theatre on the 25th as a warm-up for the Ocala Symphony Orchestra’s performance of “Ode to Joy,” (Note, that performance is sold out.) Adams stated. “And the CF Humanities Department and Bank of America are sponsoring a 12:30 p.m. lecture on March 26 featuring Candale talking about his mom and aunt’s involvement in the All-American Girls Baseball League with a screening of “A League of Their Own” at 2 p.m. following the talk.

“Following the Ninth,” a documentary film about the global impact of Beethoven’s final symphony, will be screened at the Appleton Museum of Art at 2 p.m. on March 25. It is free for members; included with the admission fee for nonmembers. It also will be shown at the Marion Theatre, at 50 S. Magnolia Ave., Ocala, at 7 p.m. that day. There will be a meet and greet with Candaele for film series members starting at 6:30 p.m. Doors will open for the general audience at 7 p.m. A Q & A with the director will be hosted by Ocala Symphony Orchestra Conductor Matt Wardell following the film screening. The event is free to attend.

Candaele is an award-winning documentary film director, writer and musician. His films include “Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price” and “Iraq for Sale.” He was assistant producer on “A League of Their Own,” which stars Tom Hanks and Geena Davis.

“This look at the first women’s professional baseball league is set during World War II and focuses on the rivalry between sisters, one a sweet-swinging catcher and the other a pouty, impulsive pitcher, who play on the same team, which is managed by a washed-up, hard-drinking ex-Major Leaguer,” noted the provided materials.

His talk and the screening for “A League of Their Own” will begin at 12:30 p.m. on March 26 at the CF Ocala Campus, Building 8, Room 110, 3001 SW College Road. Refreshments will be served. The event is free to attend.

For more information, call Adams at (352) 873-5800, ext. 1546, or visit cf.edu/filmseries

The All-American Girls Baseball League spawned Penny Marshall’s film, “A League of Their Own,” which will be screened in Ocala on March 26, with a talk by Kerry Candaele. [Photo courtesy College of Central Florida]