Sunday, April 27, 5:00 p.m. | The Doc10 Film Festival presents the Chicago premieres of eight acclaimed nonfiction short films, of all varieties and sizes: In HOW THE WEST WAS FUN (dirs. Sarah Garrahan, Sue Ding, 14 min., pictured), a diverse group of Wild West theme park visitors reimagine themselves in the American West; THE PEOPLE COULD FLY (Imani Dennison, 21 min.) is a poetic look at roller skating rinks as a sanctuary for the Black community; the lyrical, beautifully animated BLACK TIDE (dir. Kim Yip Tong, 14 min.) retells a 2020 ecological disaster off the coast of Mauritius; filmmaker Hao Zhou searches for reconciliation between their gender identity and their family’s beliefs in CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG (21 min.); a lifelong hobby becomes both a lifeline and a pathway to Twitch fame in LIVESTREAMS WITH GRANDMAPUZZLES (dir. Emily Sheskin, 6 min.); NORMAN TEAGUE: LOVE REIGNS SUPREME (dir. Adewole Abioye, 16 min.) is a portrait of the acclaimed Chicago furniture maker and conceptual artist; MAN NUMBER 4 (dir. Miranda Pennell, 10 min.) is a provocative essay on what it means to look at images of war; and in SHANTI RIDES SHOTGUN (8 min.), Charles Frank follows New York City’s most iconic driving instructor.
Doc10, now in its 10th year, screens 10 of the best documentaries of the year, giving Chicago audiences the first—and often only—opportunity to see these extraordinary films on the big screen. Post-screening conversations will follow all showtimes. Learn more and get tickets at doc10.org.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu