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Below is a sampling from our past:
2019
JUNE 4, 2019
SCREENING: 16 SHOTS @ University of Chicago
APRIL 11-14, 2019
Doc10 FILM FESTIVAL
Chicago's highly-pedigreed, all documentary film festival. For full details at: DOC10.org
Included screenings of:
American Family
Hail Satan?
The Distant Barking of Dogs
The Infiltrators
Biggest Little Farm
Knock Down the House
Mike Wallace is Here
Midnight Family
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
One Child Nation
MARCH 5, 2019
DINNER & DOCS @ THE DAVIS - ROLL RED ROLL
JANUARY 24, 2019
CMP @ SUNDANCE
2018
DECEMBER 13, 2018
SUNDANCE PREVIEW DINNER
DECEMBER 11, 2018
DINNER AND DOCS SCREENING OF DARK MONEY
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
DINNER AND DOCS SCREENING OF BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY
OCTOBER 28, 2018
PRIVATE EVENT "THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED" COMMUNITY SCREENING AT THE BRIDGEPORT ART CENTER
When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community.
Director/Producer: Assia Boundaoui
Producer: Jessica Devaney
Location: Bridgeport Art Center | 1200 W 35th St, Chicago IL, 60609
CMP members joined, director Assia Boundaoui + producer Jessica Devaney, as well as community partners: the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), Arab American Family Services (AAFS), TAKE ON HATE, CAIR-Chicago, and a host of others, for a film screening town hall and Q&A. In addition, CMP is proud to support the launch of The Feeling of Being Watched INVERSE SURVEILLANCE Impact Campaign.
OCTOBER 19, 2018
PRIVATE MEMBER BREAKFAST WITH ROGER ROSS WILLIAMS AND OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS
SEPTEMBER 23-26, 2018 - CMP @ SUNDANCE CATALYST (MEMBER EXCLUSIVE)
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 - DINNER & DOCS @ THE DAVIS - LOVE, GILDA by LISA DAPOLITO
Diaries, audiotapes, videotapes and testimonies from friends and colleagues offer insight into the life and career of Gilda Radner -- the beloved comic and actress who became an icon on "Saturday Night Live."
AUGUST 2, 2018 - CMP MEMBER RETREAT
JULY 10, 2018 - DINNER & DOCS IN MILLENNIUM PARK - PERFORMANCE BY THE FLYING WALLENDAS AND SCREENING OF MAN ON WIRE
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
APRIL 29 - MAY 2, 2018 - HOTDOCS FIRST LOOK TORONTO
APRIL 5-8, 2018: DOC10 2018
Chicago's highly-pedigreed, all documentary film festival. For full details at: DOC10.org
Included screenings of:
Won't You Be My Neighbor
Love Means Zero
Crime + Punishment
Bisbee '17
On Her Shoulders
306 Hollywood
RBG
Devil's Freedom
The Other Side of Everything
Minding The Gap
The King
FEBRUARY 22, 2018: DINNER & DOCS @ THE DAVIS - ICARUS by BRYAN FOGEL
When Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death and Olympic Gold-exposing the biggest scandal in sports history.
JANUARY 18, 2018: CMP @ SUNDANCE 2018
