He’s gone from the Massachusetts Statehouse to center stage of the 1988 Democratic National Convention to the Northeastern University classroom.
Now, beloved Northeastern professor Michael Dukakis has made it to the silver screen, as the documentary film “Dukakis: Recipe for Democracy” premieres Tuesday in Brookline.
“One of the things with the governor that really stands out in talking about public service is how high he holds it as an ideal,” says Jeff Schmidt, who co-directed, co-produced and edited the film. “It’s not something that you use as a stepping stone or for celebrity. It’s something that is so beyond the notion of anything that you would ever compromise. He really thinks that it’s incredibly important.”
“Dukakis: Recipe for Democracy” will have its world premiere as the opening night selection of the prestigious GlobeDocs Film Festival. The roughly 30-minute film screens Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline.
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