In The Homestretch directors Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly explore the crisis of homelessness amongst adolescents enrolled in the Chicago Public Schools.
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Voting ends this Friday for @sxsw's 2020 panel selections!
Cast your vote for #KTQ in-progress film @dilemmaofdesire's panel proposal, 'The Politics of Pleasure: Can We Come Together?' to be included at #SXSW2020.
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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
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Remembering Chicago's 1995 deadly heat wave. We discuss “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code” with @Kartemquin producer Fenell Doremus. to.wttw.com/2JFLg7G
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Hear from Chicago leaders @AlmaAnaya7th, Allison Arwady of @ChiPublicHealth, Ranjani Prabhakar of @SustainChicago & moderator Alden Loury of @WBEZ on 7/20 @filmcenter for a post-screening discussion about the future of #Chicago.
ow.ly/T9wo50uXZ9y
#survivalbyzipcode
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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.
bit.ly/cookedsiskel
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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: bit.ly/cookedsiskel
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Professional skateboarder @tonyhawk on 'Minding the Gap': "Quiet, raw and brutally honest" (guest column) thr.cm/KtmUkY
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Tonight in LA: @tonyhawk interviews @bingliu89 following a sold out screening.
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Awwww! The @HomestretchDoc haunts me to this day. One of the best films ever made on youth homelessness."Homeless is a situation. It's not who you are."
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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: bit.ly/63Bfree
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: bit.ly/63Bfree
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“Part cultural artifact, part sociological experiment, part American response to cinéma verité, #InquiringNuns regularly overpowers its own gag to turn in something more complex.”
- Meg Shields, @nonfics
Now playing @MovingImageNYC!
nonfics.com/inquiring-nuns-r… – at Chicago, IL
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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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Queer Cinema History - 26 April 2014: The Homestretch premiered at Hot Docs gay-themed-films.com/watch-t… #OnThisDay @hotdocs @HomestretchDoc
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Unmissable panel Sun night aftr 7PM screening of @RaisingBertie. @evanFmoore, @eveewing, @mbyrnefilm & @ianrkibbe. bit.ly/RaisingBertieSMG
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“In the end, The Homestretch is story of a broken system, not broken people.” gay-themed-films.com/watch-t… @HomestretchDoc
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I was honored to be recognized and wish all of the amazing adults @Prosser_CA and throughout CPS could have their stories told, too! teapawt.net/ChiPubSchools/status/8…
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Great seeing wonderful filmmakers and friends @FullFrame having vital discussions about where we go from here with documentary #FullFrame20
