Open Books, an independent bookstore and non-profit venture dedicated to promoting literature and literacy in Chicago, wants you to know – they love movies, too! And to show you just how much, they are screening the independent film Storm at a special event on Thursday, March 18th! The showing begins at 6 PM, and has a suggested donation of $5 at the door. The evening includes free popcorn - and if that isn’t enough incentive, how about a 15% discount at the Open Books store, good for that night only?

Storm, directed by Hans-Christian Schmid, was the winner of the Amnesty International Film Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. It is the story of Hannah Maynard, a prosecutor of Hague’s Tribunal in the former Yugoslavia, who is trying a former commander of the Yugoslavian National Army for his crimes against Bosnian-Muslim civilians. When Hannah’s key witness commits suicide, she must risk everything to visit Sarajevo and enlist the help of his family in an attempt to salvage her case and bring the commander to justice.

Open Books is located at 213 W. Institute Place, in River North (near the corner of Chicago and Franklin). For more information, please visit their website.