Thursday, April 20, 6:30 p.m. CDT [Central]
In Person, Old St. Pat's Church, Chicago

Thursday, April 20, 6:30 p.m. CDT [Central]
In Person, UIC Lecture Center F, Chicago

Thursday, April 20, 6:30 p.m. CDT
Virtual Watch Party

FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD

Shirah Dedman/2019/60 min/People & Culture, Food & Agriculture

MIDWEST PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: “Follow the Drinking Gourd” is a feature documentary about the Black food justice movement. Family-friendly, funny and moving, this film connects the legacy of slavery, capitalism and climate change to our fight for food security.

REMOTHERING THE LAND

Mark Decena/2022/10 min/People & Culures, Food & Agriculture

MIDWEST PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: This short film, a co-production with Patagonia Films, highlights traditional Indigenous farming practices as a source of resiliency for local communities, as well as solutions for the larger issues facing our Mother Earth.