Bob Hercules' documentary Senator Obama Goes to Africa screened in Chicago back in February at the Music Box and, of course, sold out. But if you can get to Skokie the weekend after next you'll have another chance to see what the fuss is about (as if you don't already know). The Skokie Theatre will run the film on Saturday, April 5, at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 2 p.m. So why......

Thanks in part to huge voter turnout partially driven by bonafide grassroots excitement, Barack Obama cruised to victory in Iowa, and is expected to do well again today in New Hampshire. Yet the Siskel Film Center has quietly cancelled screenings of the new documentary Senator Obama Goes To Africa, which were scheduled for later this month. Why? We just told you why. Marty Rubin, one of the programmers at the Siskel, declined to comment, saying......