Looking to blame someone or something for the failures of his reign, Mayor Rahm discovers "mental health crises" four years after he closed mental health clinics in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods.
Ernesto Daranas's drama "Fallen Gods" sets a Havana turf war against the legend of pimp Alberto Yarini Ponce de Leon, who murder led to France's ouster from Cuba. It screens Tuesday 2/22 in the Latino Cultural Center's Reel Film Club series.
Katrina Browne uncovers the roots and the psychic consequences of her ancestors' enormous slave trading empire in the documentary "Traces of the Trade: A Story of the Deep North," in four free screenings in Chicago and the west suburbs starting Thursday.
"Cuba: An African Odyssey," screening Monday 2/8 at Biblioteca Popular, follows Cuba's role in African liberation campaigns from the 60s through the 80s.
British filmmaker Stephen Connolly investigates spaces and their meanings in "Occasional Pieces," a selection of his short works screening Saturday 11/7 at the Nightingale.