Director George Tillman Jr. and his longtime producer partner Robert Teitel will be honored with the Commitment to Chicago Award at the annual Chicago Film Crritcs Association Awards ceremomny next Saturday Feb. 9. Given to filmmakers who have shown support and dedication for filmmaking in Chicago, Tillman and Teitel, who are both graduates of the Columbia College Film School in Chicago, have made several films in Chicago inclusing Barbershop and Barbershop 2, Soul Food, Roll Bounce and Home for the Holidays. The event, in which the Chicago area film critics will present their top picks in choices for several 2012 film categories including Best Picture, Actor, Actress,...
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