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1. Live Chat on The Interrupters with Filmmaker Steve James

   February 13, 2012

   Join FRONTLINE, ITVS, and acclaimed director Steve James to discuss his latest documentary The Interrupters, which premieres Tuesday night on PBS.<a…

2. Interrupter Ameena Matthews Handles Stephen Colbert

   February 2, 2012

   Featured in the ITVS-funded documentary The Interrupters, Ameena Matthews gave a powerful performance on Wednesday's edition of the Colbert Report. The documentary, by acclaimed director Steve James, will premiere on PBS's FRONTLINE on February 14.          The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire…

3. Filmmaker Steve James' The Interrupters Hits Theaters

   August 3, 2011

   The Interrupters, an ITVS-funded documentary, hit theaters in New York last Friday and will play in select cities across the U.S. through September.  The acclaimed Hoop Dreams director Steve James' latest doc, The Interrupters, takes a look at a group of men and women — most of them former gang leaders and ex-cons — that are trying to "interrupt"…

4. Roger Ebert Returns to Public TV

   September 30, 2010

   Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies will begin this January on WTTW Chicago, the same station that presented the legendary film critic’s original series, Opening Soon at a Theater Near You and Sneak Previews, alongside the late Gene Siskel. The film critic announced his new show earlier this month and said he will be joined on-screen by a host of reviewers,…

5. YOUNG@HEART and a Day of Jazz at the Chicago Cultural Center

   December 21, 2009

   This past Saturday, Community Cinema hosted a truly one-of-a-kind event for the film YOUNG@HEART in Chicago at the Chicago Cultural Center. ITVS National Community Cinema Coordinator, Naomi Walker, shares her experience at the event.Thanks to our wonderful partner the Jazz Institute of Chicago who teamed up with Community Cinema, WTTW Channel 11 and…