2010 REELTIME SHOWS

PAST SHOWS


  1. •2009

January 2010

HOOP DREAMS Directed by Steve James.

"It is one of the great moviegoing experiences of my lifetime." – Roger Ebert


HOOP DREAMS (172 min, 1994) follows William Gates and Arthur Agee, two talented young basketball players from Chicago's inner city, who dream of starring in the NBA.  The film beautifully captures their everyday struggles, while poignantly posing larger questions about athletics, race, and class in America.  HOOP DREAMS was created by filmmakers Steve James, Peter Gilbert and Frederick Marx for Chicago's acclaimed Kartemquin Films.  Speakers:  Arthur Agee and William Gates, stars of HOOP DREAMS; and Dudley Brown, Fellowship of African American Men.  Co-presented by Kartemquin Films, All Our Sons Fund of the Evanston Community Foundation, and Black Men and Boys Initiative - Evanston.


February 2010

RADICAL DISCIPLE: THE STORY OF FATHER PFLEGER Directed by Bob Hercules


Father Michael Pfleger of Chicago's Saint Sabina Church has stirred up much controversy over the years by using the power of his pulpit to battle inequalities in his South Side parish. This has made him an outspoken hero to some and a renegade to others in the Catholic Church hierarchy.

Evanston filmmaker Bob Hercules' comprehensive new documentary RADICAL DISCIPLE (2009, 58 min.) captures Pfleger's deep-felt activism, passion and charisma, while exploring issues of racism, theology, and the role of the media.


A lively discussion with filmmaker Bob Hercules and Father Michael Pfleger followed our REELTIME screening of Radical Disciple. 


March 2010

THE GLASS HOUSE

I
t is lonely at the fringes, especially if you are a troubled teenage girl in Iran. In a rare and revealing look at the underbelly of Iranian society, Iranian-American director Hamid Rahmanian and producer Melissa Hibbard’s THE GLASS HOUSE (USA/Iran, 2008, 92 min.) follows four girls who attend a unique rehabilitation center in Tehran.


As they grapple with familial neglect, drug and sexual abuse, they are treated as outcasts by a society that places
many cultural and legal restrictions on women's roles.  Guided by a group of courageous social workers and therapists, these brave and defiant girls struggle to find their voice in creative writing and even rap music.


“One of those rare films that make you forget that you are watching a documentary.”   - Setareh Sabety, Iranian.com