I almost recommended Under the Same Sun—a well-intentioned but inescapably clunky Israeli-Palestian coproduction screening twice next week at the Gene Siskel Film Center—on the basis of the remarkable short film preceding it at both screenings. Running only 25 minutes, Amina Waheed's Corner Stores manages to say a good deal about inner-city America in general and Englewood in particular, and it delivers a moving character portrait to boot.…
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