Feb 5, 7pm, Admission $6 SMG Chatham 14, 210 W 87th St #blackfuturemonth #cosmicafrica PROGRAM 2: Cosmic Africa – A Seed is a Star Special Guests: Brian Nord and Hunter Adams AFRONAUTS,USA, 2014, 14min A Short Film by Frances Bodomo https://vimeo.com/64121336 In 1964, immediately following Zambia’s independence, grade school science teacher…(Read More)
March 5th, 7pm at Black World Cinema, SMG Chatham 14, Admission $6.00 GIRLHOOD, France, 2015 Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the “boys’ law” in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, drops…(Read More)
SEPARATE CINEMA The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art RELEASED: OCTOBER 2014 PRE-ORDER NOW $75.00 ‘A brilliant overview of the last century of film poster art that … every student of African-American history and culture should experience.’ – Henry Louis Gates, Jr. This magnificent volume is a celebration of the first 100 years…(Read More)
From Above (2013) Director: Norry Niven Cast: Danny Glover, Graham Greene, Chelsea Ricketts Told in flashback from his wife’s deathbed, “From Above” protagonist William Ward (Danny Glover) dives under the gloomy waters of his memory to recall the love story of his life with Venus, a girl belonging to the Lighting Clan, a peculiar…(Read More)
Thurs, Nov 6, 7pm, Adm. $6.00 Black World Cinema @ Studio Movie Grill Chatham Theater 210 W 87th Street Act of Protest (2001) Director: Dennis Leroy Kangalee http://dennisleroykangalee.wordpress.com/ Made in 2001 in NYC, As an Act of Protest has not been screened publicly in the USA since 2005 shortly, before Kangalee destroyed…(Read More)
Thursday, December 4 at 7:00pm Chatham 14 Theaters 210 W 87th St. Chicago, IL Admission $6 FREE PARKING Finding Fela (2013), UK 119 Minutes Director: Alex Gibney Finding Fela tells the story of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s life, his music, his social and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afrobeat, using that…(Read More)
July 12: Screening and Discussion at Afrofuturism849.com The Pyramid Codes The Pyramid Code is a 5 part documentary series that explores the pyramid fields and ancient temples in Egypt as well as ancient megalithic sites around the world looking for clues to matriarchal consciousness, ancient knowledge and sophisticated technology in a Golden Age. The…(Read More)
New Short Film,Thurs Nov 6, 7pm: ONLY LIGHT with As An Act of Protest ONLY LIGHT (2014) 13 min. Director: Evita Castine When a young girl is kidnapped from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and sold as a sex worker to the U.S., she finds an escape from reality by watching a…(Read More)
Thurs. Sept 4th, 7pm Studio Movie Grill Chatham 14 Theaters 210 W 87th St Chicago, IL Black World Cinema and South Side Projections Present a Back to School Sing-Along Screening of “THE WIZ” as Part of Their Ongoing Showcase of Classic and Seldom Seen Movies from Around the World Black World Cinema is the…(Read More)
Coming Thursday, August 7th, 7pm Studio Movie Grill Chatham 14 Theaters 210 W 87th Admission: $6 co-sponsored by HotHouse Cristo Rey (2013) France, 96 min. Cast: Akari Endo, James Saintil, Yasser Michel Directed By: Leticia Tonos Janvier and Rudy, half-brothers from the same island but two different worlds, confront each other for the…(Read More)