Camden International Film Festival

POINTS NORTH FORUM | The City on Screen: A Conversation with Steve James and Martha Nelson

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Join us for a special conversation between award-winning and Oscar-nominated director Steve James (Abacus: Small Enough to JailHoop DreamsAmerica to Me) and Martha Nelson, Chair of the Peabody Board of Jurors and former Editor in Chief at Time, Inc. as they discuss James' latest project, City So Real and his commitment to documenting the city of Chicago through film over the past thirty years.

 

City So Real is a fascinating and complex portrait of Chicago. Set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd, City So Real is a gritty and loving depiction of a city that is at once fiercely unique and a microcosm of the nation ⎯ and our world ⎯ as a whole. City So Real is presented by National Geographic Documentary Films and Participant and produced by Kartemquin Films. Episodes 1-4 will screen virtually online as part of the Camden International Film Festival from October 2-12. Episodes 1-2 will screen at CIFF's Shotwell Drive-In on Tuesday, October 6th at 7pm.