Better Boys Foundation’s second annual Sundown in K-Town film festival will focus this year on films about food.  Sundown in K-Town 2013: Dig In! A West Side Film Festival About Food will present a line up of short and feature length films that address issues related to the west side and its residents—African-American foodways and cultural traditions; obesity, diabetes, and other food-related disease burdens that plague inner-city communities; food deserts/lack of access to healthy foods and connections to hunger in America; the growing interest in urban gardening in Chicago and other major US cities; and the politics of the school lunch system. All films will be shown free of charge from Tuesday, August 6 to Friday, August 9, 2013, at 8:15pm (or sundown) in the courtyard of the BBF Center at 1512 S. Pulaski Rd. BBF’s FilmLAB youth apprentices will also present new work on the topic of food. 

Schedule:

Tuesday, August 6

Lunch Line (2013) Ernie Park and Michael Graziano—running time 64 minutes

Yuck (2012) Zachary Maxwell running time 20 minutes

Wednesday, August 7

A Place at the Table (2012) Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush—running time 84 minutes

Food Fight (2013) Earth Amplified—running time 7 minutes

Thursday, August 8

Urban Roots (2010) Tree Media—running time 94 minutes

Growing Power Community Garden (2010) Carmine Cervi—running time 1 minute

Friday, August 9

Soul Food Junkies (2013) Byron Hurt—running time 61 minutes

Fried Chicken and Sweet Potato Pie (2005) Bailey Barash—running time 21 minutes

More information about this event here.