Movie Night: Shrek

Join us to watch the first Shrek on the projector!

Shrek leads a solitary life in his swamp. A group of peasants gathers in front of his house with the goal of hunting down the ogre in return for bounty. He scares them away, however, and as they leave, he notices they dropped a wanted poster offering a reward for capturing fairytale creatures. The next day he goes out into the nearby woods and meets Donkey who, having escaped from the guards of a fairytale creatures market, bumps into him. The soldiers, terrified of Shrek, run away, and Donkey tags along with his newfound friend. Since Donkey has nowhere to stay, Shrek agrees to let him sleep in his swamp for one night. That same night, Shrek’s swamp becomes overrun by a host of fairytale creatures who have been displaced by Lord Farquaad. Shrek decides to visit Farquaad at his palace to negotiate regaining his privacy with Donkey as a companion who knows the way to Duloc. The two make it to Duloc and come across a knight tournament which aims to select a man who will rescue Princess Fiona from a castle surrounded by lava and guarded by a fire-breathing dragon so that Farquaad may marry her and finally become a king. Shrek and Donkey easily best all the contestants, and Farquaad agrees to nullify his order and grant him rights to his land if Shrek brings Fiona, a deal that Shrek agrees to.