DCP, color, 118 min. Director: Bill Duke. Production: Public Forum Productions, Ltd. Producers: Elsa Rassbach, George Manasse. Screenwriters: Leslie Lee, Elsa Rassbach, Ron Milner. Cinematographer: William Birch. Production Designer: Maher Ahmad. Editor: John N. Carter. Music: Elizabeth Swados. Cast: Damien Leake, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Farina, Ernest Rayford, Moses Gunn, Clarence Felder. Rich in characters and…(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)
Black World Cinema and Chicago Filmmakers Presents SUDO Connexion Quartiers Lointains(distant quarters) Shorts films on Identity Chicago Filmmakers 5720 N. Ridge Ave.(enter from Hollywood side), Chicago, IL 60660 United States Buy Tickets NOW! Producing and making PanAfrican is one thing, broadcasting them is another. If the films were produced on the margins of…(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)
BLACK WORLD CINEMA | SOUTH SIDE PROJECTIONS | HYDE PARK ARTCENTER Present A Pre-Festival Screening Event Introducing The 1st Annual South Side Film Festival Celebrating Films Made on the South Side & South Side Filmmakers 2:30pm, Sept 30, 2017 • Hyde Park ArtCenter 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL Cry of Jazz (1959), 34 min…(Read More)
Sunday April 12 at 4pm 9 W Washington St., 4th fl. Chicago, IL Please RSVP quickly we have limited Seating. Julie Dash will join us live on Skype. Is Crowdfunding the way forward for independent film funding? We invite a select group of people to come out and talk about the importance of Crowdfunding, why…(Read More)