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)
To Wound the Autumnal City: AFROFUTURISM Films 2 @Chicago Filmmakers Zombies, Apocalypse and Dystopias October 13, 2018, 7:30 pm Chicago Filmmakers 5720 N. Ridge Ave. (enter from Hollywood side) “It is not that I have no past. Rather, it continually fragments on the terrible and vivid ephemera of now.” ? Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren AFTERMATH…(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)
Join us for a Black World Cinema Family FilmTalk about Afrofuturism and the Chadwick Boseman Black Panther film. We’ve waited for the promotional dust to clear and the choosing of our 2018 Afrofuturist Film Competition choice for this year’s Women’s History Month. We present this years winning short film, SIGHT (2018, 15…(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)
SNEAK PREVIEW: Thurs, Feb 16, 7 pm SMG Chatham, 210 W 87th St FREE PARKING NAKED REALITY is a new science-fiction interactive and collaborative cinema concept where we make feature films with a story as usual but take out certain aspects like sets, music, dialogues, costumes… and other artists, filmmakers, writers are invited to…(Read More)
BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION Thurs, Feb 16, 7 pm, SMG Chatham, 210 W 87th St The notion of the Black Radical Imagination stemmed from a series of discussions around the boundaries and limitations that are historically given to people of color in the realm of the cinematic. Black Radical Imagination is a touring program of visual…(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)
Thurs, Feb 2, 7pm, Admission $6.00, SMG Chatham 14, 210 W 87th St, FREE PARKING ‘Daughters of the Dust’: Why the Movie That Inspired ‘Lemonade’ Is Back Discussion lead by: Ytasha Womack author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture How does a film like Daughters of the Dust fit…(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)