The Gene Siskel Film Center has scheduled the premiere of “Honey Boy,” a documentary about Chicago blues legend David “Honeyboy” Edwardsby local filmmaker Scott Taradash. The 87-year-old Edwards spent time as a sharecropper and jumping freight trains before he finally landed in Chicago. He was awarded the 2002 National Heritage Fellowship, which recognized his contribution to the birth of the blues. Edwards and Taradash will be present at both Sunday screenings of “Honey Boy,” which was awarded the prize for best documentary at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival. Among other movies, the Film Center is presents “The Baby of Macon.” This work by Peter Greenaway, which has never been released in the U.S., takes place in a medieval city stricken by the plague where a baby who is supposed to have miraculous powers is exploited by the church. The print is in English with French subtitles.
“Honey Boy,” 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 8:15 p.m. Thursday; “The Baby of Macon,” 7:45 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Wednesday, Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St., $8; 312-846-2800.