JOIN US FOR THE CHICAGO PREMIERE
OF THE FILM THAT’S INSPIRING
A FOOD AND CLIMATE REVOLUTION
Naturally Chicago invites you to join us on the evening of Saturday, November 18 at the Music Box Theatre for the Chicago theatrical premiere of Common Ground, the inspiring and star-studded documentary about the importance of regenerative agriculture.
If you want a better food system that fights destructive climate change, then Common Ground may be the most important documentary you see this year.
Common Ground isn’t just a film… It’s a movement to engage a billion people to support a regenerative farming system that produces nutrient dense food and sequesters vast amounts of carbon in the soil, making food production a climate solution! Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, plus other food and farm leaders are featured in the film.
MOVIE SHOWING AND PANEL DISCUSSION WITH THE FILMMAKERS & LOCAL LUMINARIES.
Saturday
November 18, 2023
Music Box Theater
3733 N. Southport Avenue
Chicago, IL
6:30 pm
VIP Premiere Reception in the Music Box Lounge and Steingold’s Deli next door. Regeneratively farmed food and cocktails served. $100
8:00 pm
Film screening followed by panel discussion. $15
Tickets on sale at: Music Box Theatre
General admission tickets are just $12 and not only include the film showing (which starts at 8 p.m.), but also a panel discussion on regenerative farming featuring filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell and local food luminaries including Chef Rick Bayless, co-owner of Frontera Grill and co-founder of the Frontera Farmer Foundation; Stephanie Dunn, urban farming and food access innovator at Star Farm Chicago; Indiana regenerative farmer Rick Clark of Farm Green, who is featured in the film; Dr. Silvia Abel-Caines, regenerative grower at Garlic eScapes Farm in Woodstock, IL, and veterinarian for Organic Valley; and Jim Slama, Managing Director of Naturally Chicago.
And if you are all in, then please buy a $100 ticket for the special VIP gathering that begins at 6:30 p.m. at the adjacent Music Box Lounge and Steingold’s Deli next door. Regeneratively grown food, cocktails, and beer will be served, and you can mingle with the panelists mentioned above and other special guests. The ticket includes the film showing and panel discussion.
General Admission & VIP Tickets
VIP Ticket
$100
1 VIP Ticket
Screening & VIP Reception
with the filmmakers.
Ticket
$15
1 Ticket
Film screening & panel discussion.
All proceeds from this event support Naturally Chicago's Locally Made Program, a groundbreaking initiative designed to connect Illinois retailers with the region's emerging and top-performing brands, many of which are women and minority owned. Our mission is to help natural product entrepreneurs increase sales, create jobs, and thrive in the competitive retail grocery segment.
Host
$2000
4 VIP Tickets / 4 GA Tickets
Film screening & panel discussion.
Common Ground Chicago Premiere
Panel Discussion
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Josh Tickell
FILMMAKER
COMMON GROUND -
Rebecca Tickell
FILMMAKER
COMMON GROUND -
Rick Bayless
CHEF, CO-OWNER, FRONTERA GRILL
CO-FOUNDER, FRONTERA FARMER FOUNDATION -
Rick Clark
REGENERATIVE, ORGANIC FARMER
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Stephanie Dunn
URBAN FARMING AND LOCAL FOOD ACCESS INNOVATOR AT STAR FARM CHICAGO
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Dr. Silvia Abel-Caines
FARMER, GARLIC ESCAPES FARM
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Jim Slama
MANAGING DIRECTOR
NATURALLY CHICAGO
Partners
Hosts and Promotional Partners
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Beth & Harry Drucker
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Eric Larson/Tilia
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William Madden/Whole Brain Consulting
About Common Ground.
Common Ground is a rousing and uplifting feature-length documentary that shows a pathway to transform our current agricultural food system into an ecological way of growing food that can restore our health, our communities, and our climate. The film chronicles the budding "Regenerative Agriculture" movement, a type of farming based on working with nature and sequestering vast amounts of carbon in the soil.
Directed by eco-filmmaking duo, Josh Tickell and Rebecca Tickell, (Fuel, The Big Fix, Kiss the Ground), the new film features appearances and narration by notable Hollywood talent including Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, lan Somerhalder, and Donald Glover.
The star-studded narration is structured as a heartfelt letter to our children's generation - the very generation who will soon inherit the Earth. The letter, and the film itself, is an urgent message about the harsh realities of our future, as well as a hopeful and practical plan for how to mend the broken systems that dictate human existence on Earth.
We hope that Common Ground can play a central role in this global shift to regenerative agriculture so that we may become a carbon-neutral global society that feeds its people healthy, nutritious food.
“Even the most insurmountable problems have solutions. Revolutions often start with one radical idea..”
- Laura Dern