First Tuesdays with the Midwest Independent Film Festival:

Special Advance Screening of No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

Post-screening discussion with director Steve James (Hoop Dreams)!

 

Chicago, IL –Fresh from its world premiere at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival and heading into its television premiere as part of the ESPN Films acclaimed “30 for 30” series comes the latest documentary from Hoop Dreams director and Academy Award Nominee Steve James of Chicago's Kartemquin Films.  First Tuesdays with The Midwest Independent Film Festival continue with a special advance screening of No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson on Tuesday, April 6th at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark beginning at 6 p.m.  Mr. James will be in attendance for a post-screening discussion with the audience.


  

 

Film Synopsis: On Valentine's Day 1993, 17-year-old Bethel High School basketball star Allen Iverson was bowling in Hampton, Va., with five high school friends. It was supposed to be an ordinary evening, but it became a night that defined Iverson's young life. A quarrel soon erupted into a brawl pitting Iverson's young black friends against a group of white patrons. The fallout from the fight and the handling of the subsequent trial landed the teenager-considered by some the nation's best high school athlete-in jail and sharply divided the city along racial lines. Steve James (Hoop Dreams) of Chicago's Kartemquin Films returns to his hometown of Hampton, where he once played basketball, to take a personal look at this still-disputed incident and examine its impact on Iverson and the shared community.  Official Selection, 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival.

 

Screening Information: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 -- screening begins with a Pre-Show Cocktail Reception (sponsored by Heineken, Candid Wines, Death’s Door Spirits and Templeton Rye) at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema (2828 North Clark) at 6 p.m.  The evening’s Producers Panel will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the theater.  No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson screens promptly at 7:30 p.m. A post-screening reception will be held immediately following the film at Forno Diablo, 433 West Diversey. For more information, please visit www.MidwestFilm.org.


  

ABOUT THE MIDWEST INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

 

The Midwest Independent Film Festival is the nation's only film festival solely dedicated to the Midwest filmmaker, presenting audiences with regionally produced independent cinema every first Tuesday of the month at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark in Chicago.  This year-round film festival sits proudly at the center of the independent film scene in Chicago and the Midwest and is dedicated to celebrating and strengthening that community. More information can be found on the Festival website: www.MidwestFilm.org.

 

This year's festival sponsors include Resolution Digital Studios, O'Connor Casting, Humana, Fletcher Camera & Lenses, SAGIndie, Sony, Abel Cine Tech, Hard Rock Hotel Chicago, Reverse Momentum Films, AICP Midwest, Our Children's Homestead, Canon, Screen Magazine, Heineken, McDermott Will & Emery, Zacuto, Illinois Institute of Art, Flashpoint Academy, Zipcar, Macprofessionals, Zaroban DesignLeft Brain Right Brain Productions, The Illinois and Chicago Film Offices, Movietrax.tv, Airstream Audio, 59 Films, Candid Wines, Daufenbach Camera, Elephant Filmworks, Belden-Stratford Hotel, Kodak, Visions of Light, Saper Law and Orbit Media Studios.


This film festival is made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, which receives funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.