Please note: This screening is now completely SOLD OUT.

Director Joe Winston and Producer Raymond C. Lambert in attendance for a post-screening Q&A. 

SOLD OUT: September 23 at 7pm | One night only! PUNCH 9 FOR HAROLD WASHINGTON tells, for the first time, the story of how Harold Washington, by becoming Chicago’s first Black mayor, changed American politics. The coalition he forged transformed the local and national Democratic Party and helped launch the career of the nation's first Black President, Barack Obama. Director Joe Winston and Producer Raymond C. Lambert in attendance for a post-screening Q&A. Still photo credit: Mark PoKempner


Awards/Nominations 

Winner - Audience Choice Award, Best Documentary Feature, Chicago International Film Festival
Winner - Best Documentary Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival 
Finalist - Ken Burns Prize 


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