Reeltime

Wednesday, October 7, 7:30pm  FREE!
Copyright Criminals
(Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod, 2009, U.S., 70 minutes, video)
Can you own a sound? It depends who you ask. Hip-hop artists have long sampled previously recorded music to create new compositions. But once record company lawyers got involved, sampling became “copyright infringement.” Featuring many of hip-hop’s founding figures, this documentary takes a close look at what happens when artistic expression collides with big money and copyright law. Discussion led by Professor Peter DiCola, Northwestern University. Copresented with ITVS Community Cinema, Independent Lens, and WTTW 11.

Wednesday, November 18, 7:30 pm FREE!
Do No Harm
(Rebecca Schanberg, 2009, U.S., 55 minutes, video)
A vital contribution to the national health care debate, this gripping new documentary tells the story of two Southerners who became reluctant whistleblowers when they exposed unethical billing practices at a large non-profit hospital. Drawing attention to the plight of the uninsured, their findings led to class action lawsuits against 37 health care systems. With Chicago filmmaker Rebecca Schanberg in person.

Reeltime is jointly sponsored by the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, and the Evanston Public Library's Carlyle and Elizabeth Anderson Endowment Fund, in partnership with Reeltime Codirectors Kathy Berger and Ines Sommer. Thank you to the Evanston Arts Council for its support of Block's partnership with Reeltime.