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CineYouth Program
Chicagoland
Screenings & Events
Virtual Screening
Available to stream globally April 25 @ 12:00pm CT through May 1 @ 11:59pm CT for a 72-hour watch window.
Synopsis
A multitude of artistic approaches give voice to the vibrant cinematic cultures of the Chicagoland area, celebrating the diversity of experience found in our city.
Please note: Films in this program contain themes or language that may not be suitable for all ages.
Films
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Split Ends
Anxious over her abuela’s progressing dementia, Isa impulsively gets a haircut. Immediate regret, combined with pressure she feels from Latinx beauty standards, begins to suffocate her.
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Blue
Shifting between digital and 8mm photography, this whimsical music video follows a carefree woman who starts to become uneasy upon realizing she is being followed by the color blue.
![CY22 LetUsBreathe 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CY22_LetUsBreathe_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Let Us Breathe
Following two student activists as they fight to prevent a serial polluter from entering their neighborhood on the southeast side of Chicago, Let Us Breathe highlights the personal toll of environmental damage.
![CY22 PingPong 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CY22_PingPong_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Ping.Pong.
Ping pong is this girl’s entire world. But away from home and on her own in college, she makes the bold move to share her family tradition with a special new someone.
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adulting?
Full of visual rhymes and clever juxtapositions, this wryly humorous video diary explores the creeping anxieties that set in during early adulthood.
![CY22 CorazonDelNino 1200x600](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CY22_CorazonDelNino_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Corazòn Del Niño (Child’s Heart)
Six-year-old Martín yearns for a soccer ball that he can’t afford. His sister Xochitl offers the next best thing from the neighborhood as summertime mischief ensues.
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Horse Girl
In this eloquently photographed depiction of a Midwestern farm, a rupture between parents forces Evangeline to see her life in the vast countryside, and her horse, in a new light.
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Proof of Residency
Memories of fonder times are recounted through the examination of ten items salvaged from a house fire, in this poetic exploration of objects and their importance within personal histories.
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God Willing
This sensitive documentary listens to migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border as they recount personal stories of fleeing violence, waiting for legal entry, and hoping for asylum.
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Soul Provider
Stigmas and stereotypes surrounding single parenting are shattered through a collection of personal stories attesting to single mothers’ strength, resourcefulness, and love.
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Emergence
When a socially anxious athlete is asked out by a teammate at college lacrosse tryouts, they strike an unlikely relationship and emerge together into newfound queer identities.
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