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Marc By Sofia

  Sofia Coppola

  U.S.     97 minutes

Synopsis

Marc by Sofia marks the first documentary feature by Coppola, and while it captures Jacobs at work, in his element, designing his Spring 2024 ready-to-wear collection, while reflecting on the people and pop culture that shaped him, from The Supremes to The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, it’s also quintessentially Coppola in its collage-like approach to showcasing her friend’s deep, abiding — and shared — reverence for fashion, contemporary art, and youth culture.

A portrait of two kindred spirits working at the top of their game, supporting each other creatively through the years and drawing closer through their mutual passions, Marc by Sofia is a charming and loving tribute to what it means to stay up all night talking on the phone about Fassbinder, Fosse, and Fiorucci with that one special person in your life who just gets it.

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Member Screening

Sat, Mar 21 @ 1:00pm

at Chicago History Museum
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Doors open at 12:15pm.

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André Is an Idiot

  Tony Benna

  U.S.     89 minutes

Synopsis

A celebration of life filled with raw honesty, surreal bursts of imagination, and brazen irreverence, André Is an Idiot shows us what it really means to live happily, truthfully, and hilariously. In this Sundance award-winning documentary, André Riccardi sets out to chronicle his final journey after receiving a diagnosis he could have prevented, through comedic vérité storytelling and fantastical stop-motion interludes.

Screenings & Events

There are currently no upcoming screenings of this film.

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A Raisin in the Sun

  Daniel Petrie

  U.S.      1961     128 minutes

Synopsis

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. Realized for the screen in 1961 by director Daniel Petrie and made iconic through the unforgettable performances of a cast led by Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee, the film exposes the torturous reality of what happens to a dream deferred.

This Community Cinema screening is presented in observation of Black History Month and in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Chicago International Film Festival’s Black Perspectives program, which has championed and elevated Black storytelling for three decades.


  128 minutes

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There are currently no upcoming screenings of this film.

Post-Screening Discussion

headshot: Regina TaylorImmediately following will be a panel discussion led by award-winning actress, director, and playwright, Regina Taylor.

Regina Taylor is an award-winning actress, director, playwright, educator, and activist.

Her notable plays include Crowns, Oo-Bla-Dee, Drowning Crow, The Trinity River Plays, and Bread. A Golden Globe winner and multiple Emmy and NAACP Image Award nominee, her screen credits include I’ll Fly Away, Lovecraft Country, and All Day and a Night. She also made history as the first Black woman to play Juliet in Romeo and Juliet on Broadway.

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ASCO: Without Permission

  Travis Gutiérrez Senger

  U.S.     93 minutes

Synopsis

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.

ASCO: Sin Permiso presenta al extraordinario colectivo artístico chicano de Los Ángeles, ASCO, y, con un enfoque que desafía los géneros cinematográficos, reinventa lo que hoy es posible en el arte y el cine, celebrando nuevas formas de creación que expanden los límites de la representación al rendir homenaje a este grupo iconoclasta y de vanguardia.


  93 minutes

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Cooley High

  Michael Schultz

  U.S.      1975     107 minutes

Synopsis

Set in early 1960s Chicago, Cooley High follows best friends Leroy “Preach” Jackson and Richard “Cochise” Morris 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. Directed by Michael Schultz and written by Eric Monte, this heartfelt coming-of-age classic weaves humor, energy, and poignancy in its portrait of friendship, ambition, and the challenges of growing up.

In collaboration with Kennedy-King College, Englewood Arts Collective, and Grow Greater Englewood, this screening of Cooley High marks the film’s 50th anniversary and includes a post-screening discussion.


  107 minutes

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