Dia De Muertos/Day of the Dead
Join us for this participatory cultural event as we collectively remember and honor our loved ones.
Project Cinema: Films for South London
Join us for a film screening
Still from Attack the Block (dir. Joe Cornish, 2011, 88 mins)
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National Public Housing Museum, 919 S. Ada Street, Chicago, IL 60607
- Free
- Register
Schedule
- 6:30 pm Doors open, get settled
- 7:00 pm Welcome, program begins
- 7:05 pm Short documentaries
- 7:20 pm Feature film
- 9:30 pm Program ends, museum closes
Join us for a screening of Attack the Block, preceded by short documentaries about public housing in London, England.
Public housing sites are frequently seen as frightening locations in the popular imagination. Filmmakers have used them as settings of terror and their residents as fearsome antagonists. But what happens when this convention is turned on its head? Join us for a wild and unpredictable adventure through south London’s council estates (public housing) in Joe Cornish’s film horror/comedy, Attack the Block (Rated R).
This screening provides context into the history of public housing in England, which shares many similarities with our own in the USA. This feature and the accompanying short films provide us with a view into the way another country has handled its own housing crises and gives us a mirror for how we can also understand our own.
FREE! Space is limited, please register in advance. Seating will be offered on a first come, first served basis.
The event space is wheelchair accessible and films are closed-captioned.
Food for purchase will be available – vendor to be announced.
Free popcorn will also be served!
About the films
Attack the Block (dir. Joe Cornish, 2011, 88 mins)
Rating: R (Drug Content|Creature Violence|Pervasive Language)
When aliens invade a poor neighborhood in London in this thrilling sci-fi romp, a group of rowdy teens decide to fight back and defend their home turf, while a woman whom they mugged inadvertently gets caught up in their struggle.
A Portrait of Central Hill (8 min)
A short documentary by Hark1karan and Alex Donaldson that explores the tight-knit community on south London’s Central Hill Estate and their ongoing resistance against demolition and gentrification.
The Winstanley Plays Itself (6 min)
A short film by a local historian blending archive material, maps, and text from the Survey of London to document the 1960s Winstanley Estate in Battersea.
Matryoshka Living (3 min)
Everyone wants a London postcode, but what lengths will renters go to in order to afford to live in the capital?
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