The Chicago Film Archives is producing the first ever retrospective of the life, work and times of late Chicago Filmmaker, Howard Alk. This program will include a screening of And This is Free, a film about the music of Maxwell Street in Chicago, and My Friend Vince, a film about a small time, hustler. Filmmakers Mike Gray, Jones Cullinan, David Rothberg and Gordon Quinn will lead a discussion about Howard Alk’s life, moderated by filmmaker Judy Hoffman.

For more information, please visit http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/calendar.html. The cost of admission for this film is $9.