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OPCTJ Film Series
Film Series: Urban Greening
Urban Greening: Thinking Global, Acting Local! Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, 2:00 p.m. Veterans Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. In this slide presentation, Oak Parker Julie Samuels will show how urban residents and organizations in Chicagoland are restoring a healthy urban environment, and eating, breathing and feeling better by using city land to grow... »
Film Series: Taxi to the Dark Side
Oscar winning director Alex Gibney investigates the torture and killing of an innocent Afghani taxi driver in this gripping probe into reckless abuses of government power. Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, 2:00 p.m. Veterans Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. A disturbing, incisive and compelling documentary thriller, the Academy Award -winning TAXI TO THE DARK... »
OPCTJ Film Series: “Thirst”
A piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our water -- from bottles to tap. Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, 2:00 p.m. Veterans Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. Is water part of a shared "commons", a human right for all people? Or is it a commodity to be bought,... »
OPCTJ Film Series: “Never Turning Back; The World of Peggy Lipschutz”
Sunday, August 30, 2009, 2:00 p.m. Veterans Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. The life and work of artist and activist Peggy Lipschut This film, by filmmaker Jerri Zbiral, celebrates the life and work of 90 year-old Evanston artist Peggy Lipschutz and her "chalk talks" (Songs You can See!). For a generation of labor... »
OPCTJ Film Series: “Soldiers of Conscience”
Sunday, Apr. 26, 2009, 2:00 p.m. Small Meeting Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. In this multi-awardwinning film, West Point grads to drill sergeants, from Abu Ghraib interrogators to low ranking reservist-mechanics, soldiers in the U.S. Army today reveal their deepest moral concerns about killing in war. Their message: every soldier wrestles with... »
OPCTJ Film Series: “The Future of Food”
“The Future of Food,” by filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia, describes the revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. This film offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have... »
Featured Resources
Feb. 20, 2010 - Obama Year One - Taking Stock: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here?Join leaders of the labor, peace, immigrant rights, healthcare reform, and economic justice movements in assessing the past year and current political conditions to determine ways we can work together towards progressive change.
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