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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTO FIND THEIR HOURS. GO TO THIS STORY IN THE KETV MOBILE APP, A FEATURE FILM EXPLORING A CONTROVERSIAL LAW IN NEBRASKA PREMIERED TONIGHT IN OMAHA. THE FILM OMAHA CENTERS AROUND NEBRASKA\u2019S SAFE HAVEN LAW, WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2008. IT\u2019S A COMING OF AGE DRAMA THAT OFFERS A GLIMPSE INTO THE MINDSET OF SOME PARENTS BACK THEN. THE DIRECTOR SAYS EVEN THOUGH WE\u2019RE ALMOST 20 YEARS AFTER THE LAW\u2019S PASSAGE, THE LESSON IS STILL VALUABLE. TODAY. OMAHA IS A REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MOVIES. IT\u2019S EMOTIONAL. IT\u2019S ACTOR FORWARD. IT REALLY LOVES ITS ACTORS. AND IT TELLS A SIMPLE BUT IMPACTFUL STORY.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Nebraska film highlights safe haven law in emotional coming-of-age story<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:35 PM CDT Apr 30, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tA feature film exploring Nebraska’s safe haven law premiered Thursday night in Omaha. The film, titled “Omaha,” is a coming-of-age drama that offers a glimpse into the mindset of some parents during the passage of the law in 2008. “‘Omaha’ is a really, really beautiful representation of what I love about movies. It’s emotional; it’s actor forward. It really loves its actors, and it tells a simple but impactful story,” director Cole Webley said. Film Streams will host showings of the film at their Dundee location all weekend.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tOMAHA, Neb. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n A feature film exploring Nebraska’s safe haven law premiered Thursday night in Omaha. <\/p>\n The film, titled “Omaha,” is a coming-of-age drama that offers a glimpse into the mindset of some parents during the passage of the law in 2008. <\/p>\n “‘Omaha’ is a really, really beautiful representation of what I love about movies. It’s emotional; it’s actor forward. It really loves its actors, and it tells a simple but impactful story,” director Cole Webley said. <\/p>\n Film Streams will host showings of the film at their Dundee location all weekend.<\/p>\n Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search<\/a>.<\/p>\n NAVIGATE: Home<\/a> | Weather<\/a> | Local News<\/a> | National<\/a> | Sports<\/a> | Newscasts on demand<\/a> |<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TO FIND THEIR HOURS. GO TO THIS STORY IN THE KETV MOBILE APP, A FEATURE FILM EXPLORING A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[38257,267579,267584,83580,267582,88,2695,267583,165153,4465,7050,206,2806,267581,25924,30155,161672,267580,1079,50306,2986,165151],"class_list":["post-616593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-actor","tag-coming-of-age","tag-dundee-location","tag-emotional","tag-emotional-story","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-impactful-story","tag-ketv-newswatch","tag-mindset","tag-movie","tag-movies","tag-nebraska","tag-nebraska-film","tag-omaha","tag-parent","tag-safe-haven","tag-safe-haven-law","tag-sport","tag-thursday-night","tag-weather","tag-weather-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}