ChiIL Out With FREE Tickets To An Advanced Screening of One Direction: This Is Us

ChiIL out with FREE tickets from ChiIL Mama and our friends at GOFOBO. Passes are limited/first come first served.  Hey Naperville area readers... and those willing to truck on out to the burbs.   We have free passes for YOU.

We dig Morgan Spurlock's work.   Back in the day, my husband was the sound guy on 4 seasons of Insomniac With Dave Attell with Morgan Spurlock's cameraman.   He even got called to do audio for one of Spurlock's films, but he was already booked.   We still try to catch everything he directs. 

ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US

IN THEATERS AUGUST 30^th

Website: http://1DThisIsUs-movie.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/onedirectionmusic

Twitter: Twitter.com/1DThisIsUs

We already gave away a slew of advanced screening passes in the city and now it's your turn, chiIL burb dwellers.  We have another advance screening of ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US.  Redeem a free admit-two pass to the screening this Saturday, August 10th at 11:00AM at the Hollywood Palms Theater (352 Illinois Route 59, Naperville, IL 60540). Please note the passes are first-come, first-served and a pass does not guarantee a seat. Those with passes should arrive early.

Synopsis: ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US is a captivating and intimate all-access look at life on the road for the global music phenomenon. Weaved with stunning live concert footage, this inspiring feature film tells the remarkable story of Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis' meteoric rise to fame, from their humble hometown beginnings and competing on the X-Factor, to conquering the world and performing at London’s famed O2 Arena. Hear it from the boys themselves and see through their own eyes what it's really like to be One Direction.

Directed by Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) and produced by Simon Cowell, Adam Milano, Spurlock and Ben Winston.

Play Locally: Speaking in Tongues 10:00am this Sunday at Multilingual Chicago

SPEAKING IN TONGUES TRAILER from Speaking in Tongues on Vimeo.


Sunday
Film-10:30am 
Multilingual Chicago is working with Inter-American Magnet School's parent group (FELE) to host free screenings of the film Speaking in Tongues, about four kids from diverse backgrounds and their journey toward becoming bilingual.
 
My own mother was an ESL (English as a second language) teacher for many years and we hosted exchange students from all over the world while I was growing up.   This gave me an appreciation for cultural diversity and desire to travel that I'm now working to instill in my own children.    We've been tweeting and posting on Facebook about this film for weeks, but here's a last reminder.
 
*free, multicultural film
Sunday, January 21st at 10:30am (childcare provided) at Multilingual Chicago: 2934 N.Milwaukee Ave.  

From the filmmakers:

Sometimes a small idea has big implications. Consider America’s resolute commitment to remaining an “English only” nation. It turns out that our attitudes about language reflect much bigger concerns: that language is a metaphor for the barriers that come between neighbors, be they across the street or around the world.

Our idea in making Speaking in Tongues was to showcase a world where these communication barriers are being addressed. An African-American boy from public housing learns to read, write, and speak Mandarin. A Mexican-American boy, whose parents are not literate in any language, develops professional-level Spanish while mastering English. A Chinese-American girl regains her grandparents’ mother tongue—a language her parents lost through assimilation. A Caucasian teen travels to Beijing to stay with a Mandarin speaking host family. Their stories reveal the promise of a multilingual America. Each kid’s world opens up when they start learning two languages on the first day of kindergarten; each is developing both bicultural and bilingual fluency.

We absolutely plan to check it out.   The film sounds wonderful. Here's Speaking in Tongue's website for further information.