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Ebertfest Announces 25th Anniversary Edition: ‘Star 80’ to Open Festival, ‘The Best Man’ Tapped as Centerpiece Feature (EXCLUSIVE)
Ebertfest will open its 25th anniversary edition with Bob Fosse's 'Star 80' and Malcolm D. Lee's 'The Best Man'
“’The Best Man’ has become a classic and introduced stars we all know today including Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard and Regina Hall, among others.” In addition, Lisa Cortes, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning producer and director, will attend Ebertfest to discuss her film “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” a documentary about the flamboyant, rock ‘n’ roll icon behind hits like “Tutti Frutti” and “Long Tall Sally.” Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, a co-host of an influential TV program that reviewed movies, as well as a University of Illinois journalism alumnus, and Urbana native.
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