Now showing: For Love of Amy

A dying man’s best friend promises to take care of the man’s widow and daughter. But when the widow becomes incapacitated, the friend, an African-American, becomes the Caucasian daughter’s only support. For Love of Amy is a story of friendship, tragedy, hope, and the desire to do the right thing. and it’s now playing at Rave Theater in Omaha.

Vincent Alston, of VLA Productions, wrote the screenplay and is a producer for the movie. Shooting took place in 2007 in and around Omaha.

Actor-director Ted Lange, who achieved fame as Isaac the bartender in TV’s Love Boat, directed the movie. He has directed many productions for theater and television and is himself a playwright.

Omaha’s Tyrone Beasley, artistic director of The John Beasley Theater & Workshop in Omaha, is the film’s assistant director.

The movie’s talented cast includes a number of Hollywood- and Omaha-based actors, including Vincent Alston as the dying man’s best friend, Joyce Sylvester (“Right to Remain Silent”), Lindsay Seim (“California Dreamin’”), and Tyrone Beasley. Omaha’s John Beasley (“The Apostle”) also appears in the movie. Grace Bydalek ("Strawberry Shortcake"), of Omaha, plays Amy.

For Love of Amy started its run at The Rave Theater at the Westroads Shopping Center in Omaha on August 28.

For more info: http://www.forloveofamy.com/