HYDE PARK — Documentary filmmakers have teamed up with researchers at the University of Chicago to determine how students were affected by the closing of 49 schools in 2013.
The Logan Center for the Arts will screen “Chicago Public Schools: Closed” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the second in a series of films about school closings in Chicago called “The School Project.”
The screening will coincide with the release of a new study from the Consortium on Chicago School Research on how the 10,000 students whose schools were closed were affected and whether they ended up in higher- or lower-performing schools.
Elaine Allensworth of the research group will be at the premiere screening at the Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St., to talk about the research with the filmmakers and those in the film.
The second installment of the film series follows parent Rousemary Vega as she tries to navigate the school closing hearings and is converted from a parent to an activist.
The film is a collaboration of Siskel/Jacobs Productions, Kartemquin Films, Media Process Group, Free Spirit Media and Kindling Group.
The first installment of the documentary, “Chicago Schools: The Worst in the Nation?” is available free online.
The third installment, about disciplinary policies, will be released March 5.
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