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Every City Needs Its Heroes. A @Kartemquin film by Steve James (Hoop Dreams) + Alex Kotlowitz (There are No Children Here). #InterruptViolence
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Joined September 2010
See @AbacusMovie, the award-winning new film by THE INTERRUPTERS director Steve James of @Kartemquin tonight at @IFCCenter!
We return to @IFCCenter tomorrow with the latest from HOOP DREAMS director Steve James, @AbacusMovie! Tickets: https://t.co/nIKh5obJa9
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New from Steve James, director of THE INTERRUPTERS.
Two episodes of CITY SO REAL, the new miniseries directed by Steve James and produced by @ZakPiper, will world premiere at #Sundance2020. A mosaic portrait of current-day Chicago set against the backdrop of the city's history-making 2019 mayoral campaign. https://t.co/YIRB76O3iK
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CITY SO REAL is a 4-hour series about the Chicago Mayoral election from Steve James and @ZakPiper (the team that brought you @TheInterrupters and @EbertMovie) and it's world premiering at #sundance2020:
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The Sundance 2020 TV lineup includes the return of Steve James, new William Friedkin, and Sarah Polley debuts her first work in eight years.
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📢POLL #SteveJames will offer an exclusive preview of his newest in-progress project, a mosaic portrait of Chicago & its citizens captured amidst the 2019 mayoral election campaign, at our #EmpoweringTruth Benefit.[ https://t.co/rph6UW2noA] What's your favorite Steve James film?
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"Heat emergency plans are important – but in someways they're a band-aid solution. There's an ongoing public health crisis in this city." @FenellDoremus on @wttw's Chicago Tonight. @CookedTheFilm runs through 7/25 @filmcenter: https://t.co/qWVZB1mHYM
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A new documentary from Chicago’s Kartemquin Films revisits an extreme weather event that killed more than 700 people – most of them poor and black. We discuss “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code” with...
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"For those who don't know the story: You need to see this movie." – @Suntimes
@CookedTheFilm continues its Chicago theatrical run @filmcenter TONIGHT at 8pm, followed by a panel discussion entitled 'Faith, Equity, and Climate Justice." Tickets: bit.lycookedsiskel
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Remembering Chicago's 1995 deadly heat wave. We discuss “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code” with @Kartemquin producer Fenell Doremus.
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A new documentary from Chicago’s Kartemquin Films revisits an extreme weather event that killed more than 700 people – most of them poor and black. We discuss “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code” with...
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739 people died during an unprecedented Chicago heat wave July 12-16 in 1995. @MayorDaley called them "non-violent deaths." But as @judithhelfand remarks in @CookedTheFilm,"being cooked to death behind closed doors... is a pretty violent way to die."
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"For those who don’t know the story: You need to see this movie." – @richardroeper in @Suntimes From the deadly July 1995 Chicago heat wave, deep into the politics of “disaster.” @CookedTheFilm opens @filmcenter TONIGHT: https://t.co/qWVZB1mHYM
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Movie details how areas of minorities, the poor and the elderly suffered the most casualties.
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TICKETS NOW ON SALE! Award-winning @CookedTheFilm makes its Chicago premiere in a 2-week theatrical run @filmcenter July 12-25. Filmmakers & special guests in-person at select screenings. Dir. & prod. by @judithhelfand & prod. by @FenellDoremus. https://t.co/qWVZB1mHYM
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#Chicago has the largest gap in life expectancy (30 yrs) in the US across neighborhoods, w/ life expectancy in Streeterville at 90 yrs vs. Englewood's 60 yrs. @CookedTheFilm delves into the devastating reality of zip code determinism. @filmcenter 7/12-25: https://t.co/qWVZB1mHYM
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Academy Award® nominee. @nytimes Critic's Pick. @filmindependent Spirit Award nominee for Best Documentary. Now streaming on @hulu. Coming to @POVdocs on @POVdocs February 18 9pm/8c. In theaters and at festivals around the world: https://t.co/N8Ulbw0yly
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Professional skateboarder @tonyhawk on 'Minding the Gap': "Quiet, raw and brutally honest" (guest column) https://t.co/Lo6axiCuzF
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“You just spend the whole movie marveling that it exists... It’s just such a beautiful object.” “I have an unlimited love for this movie.” “It’s extraordinary. Please, please, please watch it.” @SlateCultFest on @MindingGapFilm: https://t.co/IzoWT75lAM
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***LAST CHANCE** Watch award-winning @63Boycott, a film 50+ years in the making. Featuring unseen 16mm footage of one of the largest northern civil rights demonstrations in history, shot by #Kartemquin co-founder @GordonQuinnKTQ WATCH: https://t.co/MneOZ8E2vW ABOUT THE FILM ⬇️
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Chronicling over 50 years of the fight for racial equity in education in Chicago public schools in just 30 minutes, Oscar-contender @63Boycott is now available to stream for free for a limited time:
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From the same team that brought you THE INTERRUPTERS!
Participant Media partners with filmmaker Steve James on documentary "Chicago Story" (EXCLUSIVE)
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New from the director of THE INTERRUPTERS: #AmericaToMe.
Watch America to Me on STARZ tonight! -
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"Astonishing" – @nytimes "Mesmerizing" - @villagevoice "Perfect" - @WSJ "Raw & true" - @EW "Intelligent & compassionate" - @latimes "A tour de force" - @TheFilmStage "Unforgettable" - @RollingStone
#MindingtheGap is now on @hulu, in theaters through @MagnoliaPics ❤️
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