New Date!
Please note that Feature 9 will now take place on Sunday, December 7, featuring our special guest Spike Lee in conversation at the Holland Performing Arts Center. We look forward to an unforgettable evening celebrating the art of film with one of cinema’s most influential voices.
Have a question about the date change or other event details? Visit our Feature FAQ.
Film Streams is thrilled to announce that Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee will be our special guest for Feature 9, the latest fundraising event in support of our nonprofit's mission and programs.
New Date! Sunday, December 7, 2025
Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha
- 5:30 pm Host & Patron Pre-Party
- 7 pm Presentation
- 8:30 pm Post-Party
Honorary Chairs Tina & Dan Lonergan
Giving Levels & Tickets
- Single tickets are now SOLD OUT!
- A limited number of group packages are still available.
- Learn more about our Presenting Sponsor and Host Levels and Benefits.
Individual & Group Tickets
Presenting Sponsors & Hosts
Film Streams is grateful to our Feature 9 Presenting Sponsors and Hosts, whose generous support allows us to present a truly mission-focused event.
Learn more about our Sponsor & Host Levels and Benefits.
Presenting Sponsors
- Cindy & Scott Heider
- Susan & Mike Lebens
- Tina & Dan Lonergan
- Annette & Paul Smith
Platinum Hosts
- Anonymous
- Cindy & Mogens Bay
- Kevin McCarthy
- Omaha Steaks
- Pape Family Foundation
Gold Hosts
- Jack & Stephanie Koraleski
- Kristopher & Ashley Kuhn
- Mark & Hailey Morrow
- Maggie & Bob Mundy
- Katie Weitz, PhD & Tim Wilson
- Kate & Roger Weitz
- Sarah & Adam Yale
Silver Hosts
- Laura & Michael Alley
- Anonymous
- Becky & Mike App
- Roger Blauwet & Betty Foster
- John K. and Lynne D. Boyer Family Foundation
- Tina & John Cherica
- Max & Elizabeth Engel
- Gary & Kathy Ensz
- Autumn Foland & The Loft at Remlo Studios
- Fraser Stryker PC LLO
- Jamie & Ted Friedland
- Dan Hamann & Joan Squires
- Westchester Lane Foundation
- Tim & Jonna Holland
- The Holland Foundation
- Anne Hubbard
- Jane Huerter
- Fred Hunzeker
- Kutak Rock LLP
- Lutz Financial
- Midwest Housing Equity Group
- Mutual of Omaha
- Noddle Companies
- Nebraska Medicine
- Jeannie O'Donnell
- Mimi & Jeff Post
- Neil Sandhoefner
- Polina & Robert Schlott
- Lindsey & Kevin Simmonds
- Jonathan Spellman
- Union Pacific Corporation
- Valmont Industries, Inc.
- Jan & Chip Vrana
- Matt & Ada Walker
Spike Lee
Academy Award® winner Spike Lee’s remarkable career spans over 30 years, leaving an indelible mark on filmmaking and television. His work includes iconic films such as She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Clockers, Girl 6, Get on the Bus, He Got Game, Summer of Sam, Bamboozled, 25th Hour, She Hate Me, Inside Man, Miracle at St. Anna, Red Hook Summer, Old Boy, and Chi-Raq. His acclaimed documentaries include If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise and A Huey P. Newton Story. Lee’s television work includes the Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It, a contemporary update of his classic film.
His latest joint, Highest 2 Lowest, premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and opens nationwide on August 15. Lee’s groundbreaking 2018 film BlacKkKlansman earned him an Oscar® for Best Adapted Screenplay. A five-time Oscar nominee, Lee received an Honorary Oscar in 2015 for lifetime achievement. He is also renowned for his influential Air Jordan commercials with Michael Jordan and his recent direction of the Capital One “Road Trip” campaign featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Charles Barkley. In addition, Lee has directed short films for artists like Michael Jackson, Prince, and Miles Davis. A graduate of Morehouse College and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Lee is a tenured Professor of Film and Artistic Director at NYU. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, is based in Da Republic of Brooklyn, NY.
