HIGHLIGHTS: The Silence of the Archive: Roundtable Discussion of A FILM UNFINISHED, Film Studies Center, Sat 30, 8:00, reservations required; LA JETÉE, Th at doc; THE KIDS GROW UP Sun at Chicago Filmmakers.
Thursday the "Architecture and Design Film Festival" kicks off at Siskel, looks to be about 37 docs, 25ish of them shorts [breakdown in May 6 - post], screening through Sun 8, at both the Siskel and the Wit
Week-long
CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, River East 21
QUEEN OF THE SUN: WHAT ARE THE BEES TELLING US?, Music Box
POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD, continues Landmark
BORN TO BE WILD, continues Navy Pier IMAX
AFRICAN CATS, continues multiple venues
Multiple screenings
AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY, Siskel, Fri, Sat, Wed, Th
HOW MUCH DOES YOUR BUILDING WEIGH, MR. FOSTER?, Siskel and the Wit, Th [and Mon]
Single screenings
Friday
German Provinces (4 shorts): BIELEFELD52N01 8E32, ALREADY AFTERNOON, TATOOED PRISONERS, DEMONTAGE, DANK-Haus, 7:30
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR EYES HAVE DONE TO ME, St. Nicolas Cathedral School, 7:30
CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, Siskel, 8:00, discussion follows
A SECOND KNOCK AT THE DOOR, Portage, 8:00
THE PIPE, Irish American Heritage Center, 8:30
Saturday
MY HEART IS AN IDIOT, Intuit, 7:00
The Silence of the Archive: Roundtable Discussion of A FILM UNFINISHED, Film Studies Center, 8:00
A PERFECT SOLDIER, Siskel, 8:15, director & producer/editor discussion follows
Sunday
THE KIDS GROW UP, Chicago Filmmakers, 1:00
INSIDE JOB, Oak Park Public Library, 1:00
LETTERS FROM THE OTHER SIDE, Chicago History Museum, 1:30
SHOUT: THE STORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Hideout, 5:00, discussion follows
PRISONER OF HER PAST, Anshe Amet Synagogue, 6:30
Mars, or War Huh Yeah What is it Good For Absolutely Nothing Say it Again [program: WINTER SOLDIER, FROZEN WAR, CROSSROADS, Thalia Hall, 7:30
ROCK MY RELIGION, Monument 2 Gallery, 8:00
WORD WARS, Cole's, 8:00
Monday
Space and Structure: Michael Snow and Joyce Wieland [WAVELENGTH, etc.], doc, 7:00
THE EXILE NATION PROJECT, Portage, 7:30
Tuesday
I AM MY FILMS: A PORTRAIT OF WERNER HERZOG, Goethe-Institut, 5/3, 6:00 w. short THE UNPRECEDENTED DEFENSE OF THE FORTRESS DEUTSCHKREUTZ
MUSICIAN, Transistor, 7:30
Wednesday
VEINS IN THE GULF, Front Row Cinema, 6:00, directors and talent present
JOHN & JANE, Chicago Cultural Center, 6:30
Chicago Film Archives Amateur Night, Siskel, 8:00, Center for Home Movies curator present
Thursday
NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY, doc, 5:00
LUNCHFILM: FILM BEFORE FOOD [shorts program], Block 7:00, programmer Plante present
Nervous Magic Lantern: An Evening with Ken and Flo Jacobs [screenings and discussion], Film Studies Center, 7:00
CineYouth 2011, Front Row Cinema, 7:00 Th(-Sat)
LA JETÈE, doc, 9:00
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