FREE and Open to the Public!

Friday, May 15th

12PM - 8PM  

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Workshop #1:  12-2pm  DePaul University Daley Building (247 S. State St.)  Room #213  

On The Real Films

Get ready for an amazing in-person experience with On The Real Films, a Chicago based production company that loves story telling and keeps it real - founded in 2011 by partners Erin Babbin and Michael Sullivan. Their films have documented artists, musicians, arts organizations, nonprofits and university programs. Their work has been screened internationally in Paris, New York, Mexico City, London, Mumbai, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Tulum, Missoula, Hamburg, Denver, York, Belleville, San Francisco, Toronto, Park City, ​and Chicago.

Workshop #2: 3-5pm  DePaul University Daley Building (247 S. State St.)  Room #213 

SoapBox Productions and Organizing

Join us for an transformative experience with SoapBox’s Caullen Hudson (DePaul grad) and David Moran to discuss how to make Micro-Docs to create positive change. Soapbox Productions and Organizing is a film and social activism nonprofit specializing in multimedia storytelling for structural social change. Their mission is to utilize media to power, frame, and sustain social movements that advance holistic solutions to root problems. In tandem with grassroots organizing efforts for racial, economic, and social justice, SoapBox delivers emotional impact storytelling for liberation. They produce documentaries, fiction films, podcasts, articles, and community-based programming that intend to educate, agitate, inspire, and ultimately transform.

Screening and Discussion   LL107

6-8PM: 

Screening of Seguimos Aquí (We're Still Here): Pride Pandemic, & Perseverance (Orgullo, Pandemic, y Perseverancia) (30 mins) and One Million Experiments (30 mins) along with various trailers for works in progress, followed by a discussion and Q&A with SoapBox's Caullen Hudson and David Moran, moderated by Naeema Torres and Abby Plante

Reception with drinks and food following