American Fiction | Millennium Park Summer Film Series

Millennium Park Summer Film Series

Presented by Pluto TV

• Tuesday, August 6, 2024
• 6:30PM
• Millennium Park, Jay Pritzker Pavilion • Free Admission
• Enter at Michigan Ave. & Washington St., Michigan Ave. & Madison St., Randolph St. or Monroe St

This summer, DCASE is pleased to present the Millennium Park Summer Film Series, presented by Pluto TV, on Tuesdays from July 16 through August 20. Films start at 6:30pm (with the exception of the double feature starting at 6pm).

Guests may take a seat at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion or lounge on the Great Lawn as crowd-pleasing movies are presented on the state-of- the-art, 40-foot LED screen.

In partnership with the Chicago Alliance of Film Festivals (CAFF), each screening will also showcase one of the many independent film festivals that are a part of Chicago’s vibrant film community.

Tuesday, August 6 • 6:30pm (Gates open at 5pm)

• American Fiction
• (117 minutes, R)
• Highlighting the 30th anniversary of Black Harvest Film Festival
• Nominated for five Academy Awards, Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut confronts our culture's obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write his own outlandish "Black" book--that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

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