Best of Black Harvest Film Festival: On the Frontline
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Free film presentation: On the Frontline, a film by Derek Grace. Individual stories from the streets of Chicago make up this harrowing but profoundly hopeful investigation of gun violence and its aftermath. Parents, former gang members, high school students, clergy – including Chicago activist Fr. Michael Pfleger – and a young man who thought about the consequences one bullet too late, stand up with scores of other ordinary citizens to reclaim their homes, streets, and schools. Derek Grace will be present to discuss the film. (2010, 65 min., dvd projection)
Location: West Englewood Branch Library, 1745 West 63rd Street, Chicago
For the past 17 years, the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has presented the Black Harvest Film Festival. It is the Midwest’s largest and longest running festival dedicated to telling stories of the black experience.
In partnership with the Chicago Public Library, the Gene Siskel Film Center has selected six films to be featured in the Best of the Black Harvest Film Festival. In addition to viewing the selected films, guests of the Best of the Black Harvest Film Festival will have an opportunity to participate in audience discussions with many of the filmmakers. Snacks will be provided and all films are family-friendly.
Guests will also have the chance to receive tickets to this year’s Black Harvest Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center in downtown Chicago. To learn more about Black Harvest, visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org.
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Best of Black Harvest Film Festival: On the Frontline
1745 West 63rd
Chicago, IL
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Black Harvest Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Michael Pfleger, On the Frontline
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