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June 9th marks the anniversary of the day in 1922, when a University of Illinois professor showed how movies could talk.

Roger Ebert Fellows Riane Lenzner-White, Shalayne Pulia, and Ashish Valentine preview the 2016 Ebertfest line-up, what they're excited to see, and what to expect at the festival.