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Cinema Slapdown Advance Screening THE AI DOC OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST

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Tue, Mar 17, 2026

6:30 PM – 9:30 PM CDT (GMT-5)

Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60605, United States

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FREE for ALL in the Columbia College Chicago community to join the return of Cinema Slapdown (Round 90) for an advance screening of Focus Features THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST (the most urgent film of our time from the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE and NAVALNY). A debate follows featuring Interim Director of the School of Visual Arts Duncan MacKenzie (Hopeful) vs. MFA Filmmaker Maddyson Briggs (Hopeless). Refereed by Cult Cinema Club President Alex DeCroix and introduced by SGA Vice President Amelia Lutz. Academic Advisors will be around along with some surprises?!? Come for the screening. Stay for the heated rivalry!

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkPbV3IRe4Y

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Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60605, United States

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Co-hosted with: Student Government Association (SGA), College Advising Center, Cult Cinema Club, School of Design