Name: 'The Hills' @Illinois Institute of Technology
Start: 2025-04-23T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-23T21:00:00-05:00
Location: McCormick Tribune Campus Center

'The Hills' @Illinois Institute of Technology

The Midwest's Premier Environmental Film FestivalCreating opportunities for understanding climate change, sustainability and the power of people. A production of One Earth Collective.

One Earth Film Festival

Join Environmental Justice organizations from the south and west side of Chicago for a free dinner, movie, and panel discussion.

McCormick Tribune Campus Center

Doors open at 5:30.Film starts at 6:30.Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines, and get the best seats.OEFF commits to an ongoing effort to make our events as open and as accessible as possible. Please <a href="https://www.oneearthfilmfest.org/venue-ada-information?rq=accessibility" title="https://www.oneearthfilmfest.org/venue-ada-information?rq=accessibility" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">click here</a> for accessibility information related to our venue hosts and programs.Join Bronzeville partners* on Wednesday, April 23rd for a Crosstown CoLab on opening night of the One Earth Film Festival! Champions of Earth Justice are uniting from the south and west side to share information and learn from each other for a healthier Chicago.You will be able to connect with local organizations and discover how you can get involved in this powerful movement. *Organic Oneness, Illinois Tech, Quad Communities Development Corporation, Black Metropolis National Heritage Area, Bronzeville Trail Task Force, I Am Root Builders, Edens Place Farms, South Side Sanctuary, Chicago Near South Rotary Club, Chicago Public Schools Family and Community Engagement in EducationAccessibility Note: A live captioner will be present during this event.The Hills FILM DESCRIPTION: When the steel mills on Chicago’s Southeast Side closed decades ago, they left behind toxic sites that look harmless to the naked eye. Deriving its title from a deserted 67-acre hill made up of slag that Republic Steel/LTV dumped there during the 1950s–80s, The Hills is a place-based documentary where contaminated land, water, and wildlife play a leading role alongside the voices of community members. Easily mistaken for gravel, slag is a byproduct of steelmaking and contains arsenic, chromium, lead, and other toxins. Recently declared a superfund site by the EPA, the abandoned Schroud property has long attracted heavy recreational use and toxins from the slag continue to leach into the adjacent Indian Creek. Providing a rich habitat for fish, beavers, and birds, Indian Creek links Wolf Lake, a major recreational fishing area, to the Calumet River which in turn connects to Lake Michigan, Chicago’s source of drinking water. The Hills uses this singular site as starting point to consider the area’s industrial history, labor, and current environmental justice struggles, including the fight against General Iron and the proposed expansion of the Army Corps of Engineer’s Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) right at the shore of Lake Michigan, the source of Chicago's drinking water.Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.We will additionally be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers Runner-Up films The Atlantis Mussels by Rachmat Kurniawan Idrus &amp; Azyd Aqsha Madani.Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.Our Facilitator for the evening will be Dr.Matthew Smith, Biology Faculty, Illinois Institute of Technology.We will be visited by Ines Sommer, Director, The Hills.Panelists:Ines Sommer, Director, The HillsGaby Wagener-Sobrero, Environmental Justice Project Manager, Chicago Department of EnvironmentCheryl Johnson, Executive Director, People for Community RecoveryRemel Terry, Director of Programs, EquiticityYessenia Balcazar, Senior Resilient Community Planning Manager, Southeast Environmental Task ForceIllinois Tech is located in Bronzeville, also known as the “Black Metropolis” and the “Black Belt,” and is at the epicenter of African-American history on Chicago’s South Side. Its residents transformed the area into a mecca for innovation, business, culture, and community institutions with national influence that rivaled and even exceeded New York’s Harlem. The film will be screened at the former site of the Binga Bank and Arcade, owned by Jesse Binga, the first Black man to found a privately owned bank in Chicago.ADA-compliant accessible venue.If you are having trouble registering in Eventbrite, then try a different browser, <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdisjfTMEEGtuthMoyObU6vXWOmgPfnGdVm0RAGFMU5BDl5tA/viewform?usp=header" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdisjfTMEEGtuthMoyObU6vXWOmgPfnGdVm0RAGFMU5BDl5tA/viewform?usp=header" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">register here</a>, or contact joshua@oneearthfilmfest.org. Or are you having trouble making your donation through Eventbrite? Then after you make your free reservation, please <a href="https://forms.donorsnap.com/form?id=98ffaec9-7fd0-4703-a2e0-8798e1169a68" title="https://forms.donorsnap.com/form?id=98ffaec9-7fd0-4703-a2e0-8798e1169a68" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">use this link to make your donation</a> through our website.Please note: When booking tickets, your information will never be shared with any 3rd party outside of One Earth Film Festival and its co-hosting partners bringing you this event.

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