Film About Leith Clash To Be Shown In State

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An award-winning documentary about a white supremacist's failed takeover of Leith will be shown in North Dakota theaters next month.

"Welcome to Leith" by New York filmmakers Michael Nichols and Christopher Walker chronicles the saga of Leith and its clash with Craig Cobb. It's played at film festivals around the world and landed a deal with a New York-based film distributor.

First Run Features calls the film "carefully crafted, timely and highly provocative."

Nichols says that with recent incidents such as the shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church that killed nine, people are paying more attention to "domestic extremism."

The film will begin a seven-day run of evening showings at Bismarck's Grand Theatres Sept. 25. There will be a matinee showing at the Mott Playhouse Theatre Sept. 26.