WTTW Chicago Stories Screenings
Enjoy an episode of WTTW Chicago Stories in our theater as part of your visit!
Starting October 7, we’ll be screening “The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor.”
Danny Sotomayor received what amounted to a death sentence in 1988—he was diagnosed with AIDS. At the time, there was no cure, drugs designed to combat the disease were expensive and hard to come by, and people often died within weeks of the first failures of their immune systems. Twenty-nine-year-old Danny Sotomayor was terrified. Feeling the clock ticking on his life, the cartoonist set out to confront the AIDS crisis as only he knew how: by making a spectacle.
Running time: 57 minutes
Image: Danny Sotomayor with other RISE UP activists in Chicago, c. 1986–96. CHM, ICHi-189007; Lee A. Newell II, photographer
Screening Times*
Tuesday–Saturday: 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
Sunday: 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
The Great Chicago Adventure Film
This dynamic film transports visitors through major events in Chicago’s history. Feel the intensity of the Great Chicago Fire and splendor of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Explore the sights of bustling Maxwell Street in the 1950s and peer down from an I-beam of the Sears Tower in the 1970s. Relive Chicago sports victories and cheer on President Obama during his Grant Park victory speech.
Running time: 27 minutes.
Screening Times*
Tuesday–Saturday: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
Sunday: 12:45 p.m., 2:45 p.m.
*The Robert R. McCormick Theater is occasionally used for other programs and events. Screening times subject to change. Please confirm times with the Ticket Desk during your visit.
Sponsors


The theater renovation and film presentation are generously supported by a major grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. Additional support provided by ComEd, the State of Illinois Department of Natural Resources Public Museum Capital Grant Program, the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation, and Shure.