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)
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)
Crumbs 2014, Spain/Ethiopia Thurs, Feb 4, 7pm 210 W 87th St FREE PARKING Candy, a strange-looking scrap collector embarks on a surreal epic journey through the post apocalyptic Ethiopian landscape. There, he confronts himself, his fears and witches, Santa Claus and second generation Nazis. Tired of picking up the crumbs of gone-by…(Read More)
Black World Cinema (BWC)/AfroFuturism849.com (Afro849) & SMG Chatham 14 present a film series focused on black potential futures. Through drama, documentary, animation, short horror and sci-fi films, BWC and Afro849 will present exciting programs for discussion and debate every Thursday in February. Every screening will feature guests working in the sciences, film…(Read More)