Ytasha Womack finished her crowdfunding and will be in production this spring with her new film. Film: Bar Star City Genre: Sci Fi Director: Ytasha L. Womack (BarStarCityfilm@gmail.com) Story: A charmed longtime bar owner discovers that his understated Southside Chicago watering hole is the home for galactic phenomena.  …(Read More)
TIMBUKTU A film by Abderrahmane Sissako 1h37 – Mauritania/France – 2014 Official Competition 2014 Cannes Film Festival (Winner: Prix du Jury Ecuménique, François Chalais Award) July 2, 7pm, $6 Admission SMG Chatham, 210 W 87th st FREE PARKING Not far from Timbuktu, now ruled by religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with…(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)
Short Films – Program Length: 101 minutes Danger Word, US, 2014, 19 min Director: Luchina Fisher Writers: Steven Barnes (“The Outer Limits,” “The New Twilight Zone,” “Andromeda“) and Tananarive Due (My Soul to Keep) DANGER WORD is a short horror film directed by Luchina Fisher (Death in the Family), adapted for the screen by award-winning…(Read More)
Feb, 19, 7pm, Adm: $6, Chatham 14, 210 W 87th St, Chicago Program length: 95 min. Program 3 – Black Radical Imagination & Comic Books 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…(Read More)
Black World Cinema and Chatham 14 presents an exploration of AfroFuturism, Black Radical Imagination and speculative realities. Thursday, February 6, 7pm, Adm. $6 PROGRAM 1: AfroFutures Les Saignantes (The Bleeders) 2005, Cameroon, 92 min, Adult Content Dir: Jean-Pierre Bekolo Trailer: http://vimeo.com/117553282 #blackfuturemonth, #afrofuturism849 SMG Chatham 14 210 W 87th St, Chicago…(Read More)
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)