Alliance will repeat film after fest ends
CHAMPAIGN -- If you miss "Louder Than a Bomb" during Eberfest, you will have another chance to see the documentary on Sunday, right after Roger Ebert's Film Festival ends at the Virginia Theatre.
The Champaign County Anti-Stigma Alliance, a major Ebertfest sponsor, is not only sponsoring the "Bomb" festival screening but also will show the doc right after the festival ends, around 4 p.m. That screening will be free and open to the public; tickets to the Ebertfest screening, starting at noon, are $13 each.
After both, filmmakers Jon Siskel and Greg Jabobs and Kevin Coval, founder and artistic director of the Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam, will be on stage to discuss the 99-minute documentary about four Chicago high school teams preparing for and competing in the Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam.
Joining them after the Ebertfest screening will be five Steinmetz High School student poets. Local young poets will perform on stage as well after the Anti-Stigma Alliance screening.
The local poets are involved in ACCESS Initiative, which focuses on families and youths with mental-health issues and involvement in the juvenile-justice system.
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