Macon Film Guild

April 21 - Stalking the Big Cat of Georgia (Documentary, 45 minutes)

Complimentary Happy Hour @ 6:30pm
Screening of film @ 7:30pm
Talk back with director Hal Jacobs and author Jerry Grillo after the screening
Event Sponsors: Visit Macon and Creekside Sports

Johnny “Big Cat” Mize was one of the greatest hitters of baseball’s Golden Era. Born and raised in the small mountain town of Demorest, Georgia, in northeast Georgia, Mize emerged from the heart of Dixie as a larger-than-life slugger.

During his remarkable career, Mize became a ten-time All-Star, a home run champion, and a World Series hero. After waiting 28 years for the honor, he was finally inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, cementing his legacy as one of the game’s most feared hitters.

Nicknamed “The Big Cat,” Mize terrorized Major League pitchers for 15 seasons with his powerful bat and remarkable consistency. Later in his career, he became an invaluable pinch hitter for the New York Yankees, helping them capture the World Series.

In the offseason, Mize often barnstormed throughout the South, playing exhibition games against some of the top players from the segreg*ted Negro Leagues, further showcasing his skill and love of the game.

Trailer: "Stalking the Big Cat of Georgia" Johnny “Big Cat” Mize from North Georgia was one of Major League Baseball’s top sluggers during its golden age. In this 2025 documentary you meet the people ...

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2025 @ 2:00pm & 5:00pm

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Drama/Mystery/Thriller, 1 hour-45 min)

Director: Jafar Panahi
2025 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Winner
Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrog*ted blindfolded. One day, a man named Eghbal enters his workshop. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he recognizes one of his former torturers. This sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.

REVIEW EXCERPTS:
CBC Radio: Undoubtedly one of the year's best, It Was Just An Accident is yet another moving, prickly and hopeful morality tale from Panahi about people (and a society) trying to find a way forward while processing the trauma of the past.

The Daily Beast: Both a nail-biting thriller and a messy moral drama, rife with tensions between justice and vengeance, healing and suffering, and reality and fantasy.

Critic scores:
Rotten Tomatoes: 97 (65 reviews)
MetaCritic: 88 - "A Must See"

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT - Official Trailer - In Theaters October 15 Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid g*t...