August 4, 7pm Touki Bouki, 1973, Senegal, 95 min Director: Djibril Diop Mambety French and Wolof with English Subtitles “Touki Bouki EXPLODES…one image at a time.” – Martin Scorsese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o555EiqRC10 International Critics Award at 1973 Cannes Film Festival Diploma Award and the Prix FIPRESCI at 1973 Moscow Film Festival…(Read More)
Sept 1, 7pm Hyenas 1992 ? Drama film/Comedy ? 1h 53m Director: Djibril Diop Mambety Studio Movie Grill Chatham 210 W 87th St Chicago, IL FREE PARKING After being kicked out of her African village three decades earlier for getting pregnant out of wedlock, Linguere (Ami Diakhate) has returned home. While Linguere has done well…(Read More)
Thur. Oct 6, 7pm BLACK GIRL Sembene, Ousmane Senegal, 1966, 65 min Black & White Shown with Borom Saret Studio Movie Grill Chatham 14 210 W. 87th St. Chicago, 60620 FREE PARKING https://vimeo.com/165498289 Ousmane Sembène, one of the greatest and most groundbreaking filmmakers who ever lived and the most internationally renowned…(Read More)
Thurs, May 5, 7pm Black World Cinema and South Side Projections presentIn My Father’s House (2015), 1h 33min Directors: Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern Music composed by: Paul Brill Screenplay: Ricki Stern, Pax Wassermann with Special Guest: Donnie Nicole Smith, Executive Director of Donda’s House. https://donnienicole.com/about/ Adm: $6.00 SMG Chatham…(Read More)
https://youtu.be/QM75bTrrqow Every family can relate to dysfunction and when we meet The Jones’, they are no exception. Madelynn, the matriarch, has managed to summon her family to her dinner table for the first time in 8 years, she has an announcement to make, that will take this dinner down a twisted road…(Read More)
Thursday, April 7, 7pm, Adm: $6 If Only I Were That Warrior (Italy 2015) If Only I Were That Warrior is a feature documentary film focusing on the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1935. Following the recent construction of a monument dedicated to Fascist general Rodolfo Graziani, the film addresses the unpunished war crimes he…(Read More)
We need your support to keep this important program alive. This past 10 years we have shown over 200 of the best films from the global black diaspora. We want to expand in 2016. We have big plans that are easily accomplished with your support…(Read More)
TWAGGA, France, 20min Director: Cedric Ido Plating with THE GIFTED A compelling short film that is a superhero story from Burkina Faso, the land of upright men, that takes place during the time of Thomas Sankara…(Read More)
Feb 18, Hasaki (with BattleDream) The year 2100. The global warming has caused massive droughts that have led to conflicts and famines. The first victims of the global warming are the Southern populations, forced to leave their lands to immigrate to the North. A massive exodus that makes chaos out of the known world order…(Read More)