LINCOLN IS CRYING screening for Media Burn Archive

LINCOLN IS CRYING IS A SCATHING INDICTMENT OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN THE "LAND OF LINCOLN"...AND IT'S FUNNY, TOO. THE DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SOME OF CHICAGO'S TOP JOURNALISTS, COMEDIANS AND POLITICAL EXPERTS, MANY OF WHOM WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE SCREENING.ENJOY A DRINK ON US AND SUPPORT MEDIA BURN ARCHIVE, WHICH COLLECTS, RESTORES AND DISTRUBTES DOCUMENTARY VIDEO CREATED BY ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. THEIR MISSION IS TO USE ARCHIVAL MEDIA TO DEEPEN CONTEXT AND ENCOURAGE CRITICAL THOUGHT THROUGH A SOCIAL JUSTICE LENS. A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH WRITER/DIRECTOR JOHN DAVIES AND JOURNALISTS FROM THE FILM WILL FOLLOW THE SCREENING. JOIN US AT THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM'S BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED ROBERT R. MCCORMICK THEATER FOR A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THIS VERY TIMELY DOCUMENTARY. THIS SCREENING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY MR. & MRS. JOSEPH TROIANI AND BURNHAM NATIONWIDE. Robert R. McCormick Theater at the Chicago History Museum Filmmakers JOHN DAVIES and BRIAN KALLIES