"November Requiem" will show at 7 p.m. tonight at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, 500 W. Fletcher St. in Alpena.

ALPENA — A special showing of the Emmy award-winning documentary, “November Requiem” will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, 500 W. Fletcher St., Alpena.

It is November 18, 1958, and a small northern Michigan community is rocked by an unimaginable tragedy. Vigils begin, and finally the word comes; the freighter Carl D. Bradley is lost, with 33 of her crew, during a brutal Lake Michigan storm. “November Requiem” is a documentary of extraordinary emotional power, revealing the accounts of families who endured immeasurable grief for nearly 50 years.

There is no charge for this program, and the public is welcome to attend.