Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Announce Films to Be Featured as Part of Free Inaugural Local Film Showcase

by Gary Kopycinski on August 1, 2014

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Chicago On Screen to showcase 16 local films as part of Movies in the Parks

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Park District General Superintendent Michael P. Kelly today announced selections for Chicago On Screen, the Park District’s new initiative to enhance the Movies in the Parks series with locally produced independent features, documentaries and shorts that focus on Chicago. Films were chosen in response to a call for submissions last January.