Black World Cinema Screening Saturday, Nov 23, at Connect South Shore. 6-8pm 2226 E 71st St. Dark Stars: on the Trail of the unseen, discovering the surreal, the magical and political. Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon (1984) Director: Luc De Heusch Presents the history of research on the Dogon since the…(Read More)
BEYOND The Black Panther: Afrofuturism Short Films Beyond the Black Panther Co-Presented by Black World Cinema and Chicago Filmmakers Afrofuturism | ?afr??fyo?oCH?riz?m | noun a movement in literature, music, art, etc., featuring futuristic or science fiction themes which incorporate elements of black history and culture: Afrofuturism has drawn adherents from across the…(Read More)
Thursday Feb 23, 7pm Black World Cinema: 2017 Black Future Month Afrofuturism Film Competition Winners The Winners of the 2017 Afrofuturism Film Competition will be screened, Feb 23rd, 7pm for the conclusion of this year’s Black Future Month. Award Winners Alain Bidard, Battledream Chronicle, Best Animated Feature In 2100, the empire of Mortemonde…(Read More)
Tuesday, Feb 9, 7pm The Polymath, or, The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman (2007) 80 min. Directed by Fred Barney Taylor. “The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the society’s values, can force it to change.” In the tradition of…(Read More)
Black World Cinema, Chicago and Afrofuturism849.com, put out a call for Intergalactic, Trans-Dimensional Afrofuturtist, Sci-Fi, Horror, Surrealist, blackDADA, Futurosity, MakerCulture, drone/droidist and otherwise all around imaginative films that defy description. We have chosen the winning films so look for them at this years Black Future Month screenings films will be screened…(Read More)