Chicago Community Cinema

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Community Cinema is a groundbreaking public education and civic engagement initiative featuring free monthly screenings of films from the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens and other PBS presentations. Community Cinema is on location in more than 95 cities nationally, bringing together leading organizations, community members, and public television stations to learn, discuss, and get involved in key social issues of our time.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines

by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan

Trace the fascinating evolution and legacy of the original comic book Amazon, Wonder Woman. From her creation in the 1940s to the superhero blockbusters of today, pop-culture's representations of powerful women often reflect society's anxieties about women's liberation.

Saturday, April 20, 2013

The Island President

by Jon Shenk, Bonni Cohen, and Richard Berge

The impassioned president of the Maldives struggles to save his vulnerable island nation from the tragic effects of the looming climate apocalypse.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

The Revolutionary Optimists

by Nicole Newnham and Maren Grainger-Monsen

Amlan Ganguly, a lawyer-turned social entrepreneur, has sewn hope in the poorest neighborhoods of Calcutta by empowering children to become leaders in improving health, transforming their communities for the better.

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Love Free Or Die

by Macky Alston and Sandra Itkoff

Faith, love, marriage, homosexuality, and the Episcopal Church collide in the first openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.

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Hours:
2 pm

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Location:
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St., Claudia Cassidy Theater (2nd Floor)
Chicago, IL 60602

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Admission:
FREE

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Website:
For more information, visit communitycinema.org

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Accessibility:
The following services are available for persons with disabilities:

Accessible entrance, 77 E. Randolph St.
Accessible restroom facilities
Wheelchair loans, see information desk for availability
ASL interpreters are provided with 72 hours notice
Assisted Listening Devices available for public event

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Public Transportation:
El: Pink, Orange, Green, Brown, Purple to Randolph; Blue to Washington; Red to Lake.
Bus: 3, 4, 6, 10, 14, 26, 143, 144, 146, 147, 151, 157.

Metra and South Shore to Millennium Station.

For more travel information, visit www.transitchicago.com