Hippies, Roger Ebert and Overlooked Films
Critic's Film Festival to feature 12 projects
Saturday, Mar 28, 2009 | Updated 8:30 AM CST
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Roger Ebert made his first public appearance in April of 2007 after undergoing cancer-related surgery at his annual Overlooked Film Festival in Champaign, Ill.
Champaign, the Illinois college town, may not be known as epicenter of film. But one of its graduates puts the city on the movie-making map each year.
Next, month it will be a documentary about hippie life in the late 1960s that will kick off the 11th annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival in Champaign.
The director's cut of the 1969 movie "Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music," will open the festival on April 22 at the Virginia Theatre.
Ebert says he's also screening "Frozen River," an independent film that won Oscar nominations for best actress and original screenplay.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic's festival aims to raise the exposure of foreign, independent or documentary films. It draws hundreds to his home town and alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The event runs four days and will feature 12 films in all.
Actor Matt Dillon is among the stars expected to attend.
Copyright Associated Press
Posted Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 - 5:26 PM CST
