Art House Cinema & Pub is celebrating 10 years, and we’re so pleased to bring these Montana Made documentaries back to the big screen for one special night of a short + a feature!

The Cookie Man (2022) – 30 min

A former Dutch professional runner turned stroopwafel baker in Billings, Montana, faces the reality that after 40 years of baking cookies he has to stop.  But how do you give up something that’s been your life for so long? As retirement looms, he questions who he has become, the choices that brought him here, and the choice still ahead.

Makoshika (2016) – 50 min
Between Montana and North Dakota lies the rugged terrain the native Lakota call “Mako shika” or “bad land,” a place of opportunity and hardship in equal measure. Now the oil development boom stemming from the exploitation of gas held deep in the Bakken shale transforms the region, bringing about an explosion of wealth for some which, set against a history of economic turmoil, looks increasingly unsustainable. Makoshika presents a vivid portrait of a diverse American community in a moment of profound change.