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Saturday, September 17, 2016 2:00 pm

Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington Ave.

Chicago, IL

The Chicago Cultural Center will host a screening of In the Game on September 17th at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion with panelists to be determined. For more information visit The Cultural Center's website at http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_culturalcenter.html.

WTTW shows The Last Pullman Car for Labor Day

August 30, 2012 4:59 pm

The Last Pullman Car will air on WTTW11 Chicago PBS this Labor Day at 10pm. This is the first time the film has aired on television since its original release in 1984.

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Tonight: Xan Aranda on WTTW Chicago Tonight

July 26, 2012 3:34 pm

Kartemquin filmmaker Xan Aranda will be interviewed on WTTW's Chicago Tonight this evening at 7pm. Xan will be discussing her films Andrew Bird: Fever Year (a KTQ Labs graduate), and her forthcoming Mormon Movie.

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Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:00 pm

Kartemquin filmmaker Xan Aranda will be interviewed on WTTW's Chicago Tonight. Xan will be discussing her films Andrew Bird: Fever Year (a KTQ Labs graduate), and her forthcoming Mormon Movie.

Monday, September 3, 2012 10:00 pm

WTTW11 Chicago will air Kartemquin's The Last Pullman Car on labor day, September 3rd, at 10pm. This broadcast of the film is the first since its original air date in 1984.

The Last Pullman Car is available on on DVD pre-order now at:

http://kartemquin.com/products/ktq0145/the-last-pullman-car

Prisoner of Her Past airs on WTTW for Yom HaShoah

April 18, 2012 2:00 pm

In recognition of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Recognition Day) on Thursday, April 19, WTTW will be airing Kartemquin Film’s Prisoner of Her Past at 9:00 PM.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:00 pm

On Tuesday, February 14 from 10-10:30 pm, WTTW’s Chicago Tonight will host a special panel discussion immediately following the U.S. television premiere of The Interrupters. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Carol Marin and Chicago Tonight's Phil Ponce will host the segment, which is produced by Emmy winner Jay Shefsky.

Carol Marin will talk with Ameena Matthews, Eddie Bocanegra, and Cobe Williams about CeaseFire and violence intervention. Then, Phil Ponce talks to former Chicago police superintendent Jody Weis and CeaseFire leader Tio Hardiman about CeaseFire’s relationship with the police. Ponce will also talk to Kartemquin Films producer/director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and author-turned-producer Alex Kotlowitz (There Are No Children Here) about the making of The Interrupters and about the film’s impact on the community.

Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:00 am

In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, WTTW will be broadcasting Prisoner of Her Past. Tune in on April 19th at 9pm to watch! For more information, see the WTTW website.

5 Girls airs on WTTW

December 13, 2011 9:59 am

Maria Finitzo's 5 Girls, an award-winning documentary that closely follows five teenagers in Chicago as they navigate adolescence, will air on WTTW Wednesday night at 10pm.

The film originally aired on PBS' P.O.V. strand, and was praised for its depth and candor by critics, with the Boston Globe stating it revealed a portrait of teenage female life "we've seen little of in mainstream media."

Watch a new video introduction to the 2001 film from director/producer Maria Finitzo below:

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Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:00 pm

Now We Live on Clifton follows 10 year old Pam Taylor and her 12 year old brother Scott around their multiracial West Lincoln Park neighborhood. The kids worry that they'll be forced out of the neighborhood they grew up in by the gentrification following the expansion of DePaul University. Watch on WTTW at 6:00pm.

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