Community Cinema
Presented by Wintrust
Community Cinema brings free screenings and post-film conversations to neighborhoods across Chicago. The program spotlights compelling stories and ignites conversations around timely social and cultural themes, while upholding the artistic excellence of the Festival. At its core, Community Cinema is about access, inclusion, and building community through the power of film.
This year, Community Cinema screenings will be hosted at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen and Kennedy-King College in Englewood.
Free Tickets
All Community Cinema screenings are free and open to the public.
Venue doors will open 30 minutes prior to screening time. Please arrive early as seating is general, on a first-come, first-served basis, and is limited to theater capacity. The theater is overbooked to ensure a full house. Admission is not guaranteed.
Accessibility
All Community Cinema venues are fully wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair and companion seating reservations, interpreter requests, and other accommodation requests can be made through our accommodation request form. Learn more about accessibility at Community Cinema…
To make a reservation or for any general questions or comments about accessibility at Summer Screenings, please fill out our request form, email us at access@chicagofilmfestival.com, or call us at 312.683.0121 x108.
Screening Venues
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
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Kennedy-King College
U-Building Theater
740 W 63rd St, Chicago, IL 60621
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Upcoming Community Cinema Screenings
Fri, Feb 27 @ 6:30pm
Kennedy-King College Theater
A Raisin in the Sun
Based on the 1959 foundational Chicago play penned by the legendary Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun is a portrait of the experience a generation of Black families endured on the front lines of demanding recognition of their personhood while planting seeds of stability through one family’s battle of homeownership on the the shifting sands of integration on Chicago’s South Side. 128 min
Info on upcoming screenings coming soon.
Sun, Nov 16 @ 2:00pm
National Museum of Mexican Art
Seeds
This lyrical portrait of legacy Black farmers in the American South celebrates their tenacity and resolve, presenting a timeless vision of a waning way of life.
Recent Community Cinema Screenings
Sun, Jul 20, 2025
I Dream in Another Language Sueño en otro idioma
Martín, a young linguist, travels into the jungles of Mexico in hopes of documenting Zikril, a language in peril. The language’s last two surviving speakers, Evaristo and Isauro, haven’t spoken to one another in over 50 years. As he attempts to reconcile the two in order to record their speech, Martín uncovers the heartbreaking history of their bitter feud.
Wed, Sep 24, 2025
Cooley High
Set in early 1960s Chicago, Cooley High follows two best friends as they navigate their senior year at Cooley Vocational School near Cabrini-Green. Between everyday adventures, neighborhood tensions, and dreams of the future, they imagine lives far beyond the confines of their community.
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
ASCO: Without Permission
ASCO: Without Permission profiles the extraordinary, LA-based, Chicano art group ASCO, and through a genre-defying approach, reimagines what is possible today in art and cinema while celebrating an iconoclastic group that was far ahead of its time.
Mon, Oct 20, 2025
Leonora in the Morning Light
Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington’s life and work are vividly brought to life in this textured and insightful reflection on a truly original spirit.
Sat, Oct 25, 2025
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Earth’s favorite Saturnist Sun Ra is celebrated through a cosmic musical journey into the Afrofuturist’s life, artistry, inspirations, and impact.
Sun, Nov 16, 2025
We Shall Not Be Moved No nos moverán
A mature lawyer is obsessed with identifying the soldiers who killed her brother in 1968, during the Tlatelolco massacre. Upon discovering a possible lead, she embarks on a delirious pursuit that borders on the absurd.
Sat, Nov 22, 2025
Seeds
This lyrical portrait of legacy Black farmers in the American South celebrates their tenacity and resolve, presenting a timeless vision of a waning way of life.
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
A Raisin in the Sun
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