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Which #Chicago back under lockdown, you have the perfect opportunity to explore the films in our virtual cinema!
Check it out (a thread):
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JUST ADDED DIVINE LOVE (DIVINO AMOR)2019, Gabriel Mascaro, Brazil/Uruguay, 101 min.
Mascaro (NEON BULL) crafts an amped-up sexy, witty take on the future of dance parties, ritualistic orgies, and fundamentalist Christianity.
https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/divine-love
JUST ADDED FRANCISCA1981, Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal, 166 min.
A young man lets himself become a prisoner of love, resulting in fatalism and disgrace in this lush, long-unavailable masterpiece by Manoel de Oliveira.
https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/francisca
Continue to enjoy the selections of the 26th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival, and enjoy our Facebook Live filmmaker conversations! https://twitter.com/filmcenter/status/1324427151505006598?s=20
ENDS 11/19
BAMAKO2006, Aderrahmane Sissoko, Mali/USA/France
With Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré
Don't miss this newly restored courtroom drama!
http://siskelfilmcenter.org/bamako
ENDS 11/19 F11 AND BE THERE2020, Jethro Waters, USA, 84 min.
For 65+ years Burk Uzzle has created some of the most iconic photographs in American history. His work provides a breathtaking commentary on US civil rights, race, social justice, and art.
http://siskelfilmcenter.org/f11andbethere
ENDS 11/19 STILL LIFE 2006, Jia Zhang-ke, China/Hong Kong, 108 min.
Two people searching for long-lost loves are impacted as the 2000-year-old city of Fengjie is engulfed by the rising waters of the Three Gorges dam project.
http://siskelfilmcenter.org/STILLLIFE
ENDS 11/19JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE2020, Dawn Porter, USA, 96 min.
This inspiring documentary chronicles John Robert Lewis’s 60-plus years of social activism on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration.
http://siskelfilmcenter.org/johnlewisgoodtrouble
CITY HALL
2020, Frederick Wiseman, USA, 275 min.
Through a series of masterfully edited vignettes, revered documentarian Frederick Wiseman explores the inner-workings of the government of his native Boston.
https://siskelfilmcenter.org/cityhall
2020, Frederick Wiseman, USA, 275 min.
Through a series of masterfully edited vignettes, revered documentarian Frederick Wiseman explores the inner-workings of the government of his native Boston.
https://siskelfilmcenter.org/cityhall
FIRE WILL COME (O QUE ARDE)
2019, Oliver Laxe, Spain/France/Luxembourg, 85 min.
The destinies of a Galician arsonist and an investigating young firefighter become linked by the power of a mysterious new fire.
https://siskelfilmcenter.org/firewillcome
2019, Oliver Laxe, Spain/France/Luxembourg, 85 min.
The destinies of a Galician arsonist and an investigating young firefighter become linked by the power of a mysterious new fire.
https://siskelfilmcenter.org/firewillcome
AGGIE
2020, Catherine Gund, USA, 92 min.
AGGIE explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes “Aggie” Gund’s life.
http://siskelfilmcenter.org/AGGIE
2020, Catherine Gund, USA, 92 min.
AGGIE explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes “Aggie” Gund’s life.
http://siskelfilmcenter.org/AGGIE
CITIZENS OF THE WORLD
2019, Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy, 92 min.
Three Italians in their seventies, all dealing with their own problems, suddenly decide to quit their beloved Rome to settle abroad. But where?
https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/citizensoftheworld
2019, Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy, 92 min.
Three Italians in their seventies, all dealing with their own problems, suddenly decide to quit their beloved Rome to settle abroad. But where?
https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/citizensoftheworld
SEASONS OF CHANGE ON HENRY'S FARM
2019, Ines Sommer, USA, 83 min.
For years, Henry Brockman has worked alongside nature on his idyllic IL farm. But farming takes a toll on his aging body, and Henry dreams of scaling back.
https://siskelfilmcenter.org/seasonsofchangeonhenrysfarm
2019, Ines Sommer, USA, 83 min.
For years, Henry Brockman has worked alongside nature on his idyllic IL farm. But farming takes a toll on his aging body, and Henry dreams of scaling back.
https://siskelfilmcenter.org/seasonsofchangeonhenrysfarm
