The Interrupters

See @AbacusMovie, the award-winning new film by THE INTERRUPTERS director Steve James of @Kartemquin tonight at @IFCCenter! twitter.com/stfdocs/status…

New from Steve James, director of THE INTERRUPTERS.

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: indiewire.com/2019/12/sundan…

📢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.[ktqbenefit.com] 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: bit.ly/cookedsiskel news.wttw.com/2019/07/18/new…

"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

Remembering Chicago's 1995 deadly heat wave. We discuss “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code” with @Kartemquin producer Fenell Doremus. to.wttw.com/2JFLg7G

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."

"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: bit.ly/cookedsiskel chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/12/2068…

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. bit.ly/cookedsiskel

#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: bit.ly/cookedsiskel

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: bit.ly/mtgscreenings

Professional skateboarder @tonyhawk on 'Minding the Gap': "Quiet, raw and brutally honest" (guest column) thr.cm/KtmUkY

Tonight in LA: @tonyhawk interviews @bingliu89 following a sold out screening.

“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: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nob…

***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: bit.ly/63Bfree ABOUT THE FILM ⬇️

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: bit.ly/63Bfree

From the same team that brought you THE INTERRUPTERS!

New from the director of THE INTERRUPTERS: #AmericaToMe.

"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 ❤️