Community Cinema Chicago presents their the 2011 – 2012 season!

Where: Chicago Cultural Center in the Claudia Cassidy Theater

78 E. Washington St. (across from Millennium Park)

When: SEPTEMBER 29, Thursday, 6:30 PM

Women, War & Peace: Peace Unveiled

What is it about: When the U.S. troop surge was announced in late 2009, women in Afghanistan knew that the ground was being laid for peace talks with the Taliban. Peace Unveiled follows three women in Afghanistan who are risking their lives to make sure that women have a seat at the negotiating table.

Special guests: Abigail Disney, Series Producer, Women, War & Peace

and Gini Reticker, director, Peace Unveiled

Moderator: Alison Cuddy, host of EIght Fourty-Eight on WBEZ

Presented by WBEZ 91.5 FM, Chicago Foundation for Women & Women and Girls Lead

Later,

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Scottish filmmaker Amy Hardie has built a career making science documentaries that reflect her rational temperament. When she dreamed one night that her horse was dying, only to wake the next morning and find the horse dead, she dismissed the incident as a coincidence. Then she dreamed she would die at age 48 — only one year away. When Hardie does get ill, just as the dream predicted, she visits neuroscience experts and eventually a shaman. The Edge of Dreaming is an evocative, intimate chronicle of that year and a fascinating investigation into the human subconscious.  The film has had tremendous success in several festivals, and was featured on PBS last year.

Viva Doc will be co-hosting a screening of the film, followed by a Q+A with Amy.  This event will take place this Thursday, March 3rd at 7pm in Rm. 502 at the 1104 S. Wabash building.  It wil be a great opportunity to meet an acclaimed filmmaker and enjoy a very introspective piece of work.

We hope to see you there!

The fb event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193263014029906

Viva Doc Members with Amy Hardie

When: 6:30 pm, Thursday, November 11th

Where: 1130 S. Wabash, Room 407d

What is doxita?
Doxita is a traveling festival of documentary films that are under 40 minutes in length.  The program, comprised of approximately 80 minutes of film, represents a wide variety of documentary – domestic and foreign, short and longer format, serious and funny.  It is designed to profile the great content and artistic vision that non-fiction short films provide, but that people don’t often get a chance to see.

These are the films in the 3rd annual doxita:

Steel Homes (UK, Eva Weber, 10 min.) - Storage lockers provide a holding ground for memories of long-gone loved ones and dreams that still live.  Striking cinematography and sound evoke the minds and personal spaces of average people.

Slaves (Sweden, Hannah Heilborn and David Aronowitsch, 15 min.) – Colorful animation brings alive the tale of two Sudanese youth who were captured for slavery.  The animation and documentary interview technique mask the children’s identity while also creating an engrossing story of survival.

The First Kid to Learn English From Mexico (USA, Peter Jordan, 20 min.) – 9-year-old Pedro Lopez wishes he never left Mexico.  Lush camera and music create this almost-surreal, yet honest and charming portrait of this struggling boy.

12 Notes Down (Denmark, Andreas Koefed, 30 min.) – Jorgis is the star of his boys choir, until the onset of puberty affects what he loves most: his ability to sing.  This beautifully tender portrait follows the journey of a young man facing the need to leave his old identity behind.

http://doxita.org

Black August Hip Hop Project (2010) is a documentary directed by writer and filmmaker Dream Hampton (first woman editor of The Source Magazine) in association with Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. The film is intended to raise awareness about political prisoners in the United States and abroad. The documentary features interviews with intellectuals and social activists such as Assata Shakur, Kathleen Cleaver, as well as performances by Hip-Hop artists such as Talib Kweli, Mos Def, David Banner, Dead Pres, and Common. Shot in the span of ten years, Black August Hip-Hop Project takes us to New York City, Cuba, and South Africa.

Q&A to follow after the film screening

See link to trailer below:

Black August

Come to the Lobby in 1104 S. Wabash This Thursday (23rd) from 11-6 for some tasty treats! Flier

Every year, Columbia College Chicago hosts Convocation, a welcoming event for new students.  At Convocation students have the opportunity to learn more about various student organizations and academic departments, while enjoying free food and live entertainment.  Viva Doc will be present at Convocation, and looks forward to recruiting new students from various majors, concentrations, and levels of experience.  So, stop by the Viva Doc table to sign up, and get some free candy and Viva Doc swag!

Students looking to learn more about Viva Doc can obviously keep perusing this website, and they can also follow on Twitter (@vivadoc) and Facebook (as ‘Viva Documentary’).  The group will meet on Tuesdays at 5:30pm during the fall semester in the doc center in 1104 S. Wabash.

Questions/comments/ideas can be sent to: vivadocumentary@gmail.com.

A screening of the film RETHINK AFGHANISTAN, which Oliver Stone calls an “in-your-face, makes-you-think documentary” and “an indispensable guide to what’s really going on in Afghanistan. Not what you read in the mainstream newspapers or see on television.”

“Rethink Afghanistan” director Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films will participate in a LIVE STREAMING discussion following the screening.

The screening will begin shortly after 6:30 pm. The live streaming event with Greenwald will take place around 8:15 pm.

About Robert Greenwald

Robert Greenwald is a producer, director, political activist, and Brave New Films founder and president. His is currently focused on the RETHINK AFHANISTAN (2009, RethinkAfghanistan.com) documentary and campaign which addresses the misguided U.S. policy in Afghanistan. He has also produced and distributed short viral videos and campaigns like SICK FOR PROFIT (SickForProfit.com), FOX ATTACKS videos (FoxAttacks.com) and THE REAL MCCAIN (TheRealMcCain.com), which were seen by almost a million people in a matter of days.

Greenwald is also the director/producer of IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS (2006), a documentary that exposes what happens when corporations go to war and WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE (2005), a documentary that uncovers the retail giant’s assault on families and American values and OUTFOXED: RUPERT MURDOCH’S WAR ON JOURNALISM (2004). He also executive produced a trilogy of political documentaries: UNPRECEDENTED: THE 2000 ELECTION; UNCOVERED: THE WAR ON IRAQ (2003), which Greenwald also directed; and UNCONSTITUTIONAL (2004).

About Brave New Films

BRAVE NEW FILMS (BraveNewFilms.org), Greenwald’s new media company, uses film to tell stories that build movements and influence debate about the most important issues of the day. Brave New Films released the THE BIG BUY: TOM DELAY’S STOLEN CONGRESS in May 2006 and recently produced two TV series: ACLU FREEDOM FILES and THE SIERRA CLUB CHRONICLES – which can be seen on Link TV, Court TV (ACLU) and via the internet.