May 5-12, ILLICIT, a film by Corey Grant
A couple finds out that starting a extra marital affair is a lot easier to do than ending one when they both are seduced into outside situations.
MARCH 31-April 7, BLACK ANIME: BATTLEDREAM CHRONICLE by Alain Bidard
March 31-April 7 Theatrical Premiere BATTLEDREAM CHRONICLE Dir. Alain Bidard | Martinique | 2015 |108 min| Animation [dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” rounded_corners=”false” inside_shadow=”false” ] French and Creole with English subtitles In 2100, the empire of Mortemonde colonized almost all the nations of the Earth and reduced their populations to slavery. Every […]
April 7-14 TIMBUKTU 2015 Academy Award Nominee best Foreign Film
TIMBUKTU A film by Abderrahmane Sissako 1h37 – Mauritania/France – 2014 2015 Academy Award Nominee Official Competition 2014 Cannes Film Festival (Winner: Prix du Jury Ecuménique, François Chalais Award) SMG Chatham, 210 W 87th st Times: Chose time and purchase ticket: 11:15 A 1:45 P 4:15 P 6:45 P 9:15 P FREE PARKING [dropshadowbox align=”none” […]
April 14-21, JAZZ CINEMA: I Called Him Morgan, (2016)
April 14-21 I Called Him Morgan, (2016) Director: Kasper Collin Cast: Lee Morgan, Helen Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Paul West, Jymie Merritt, Bennie Maupin, Billy Harper, Art Blakey [dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#acacac” rounded_corners=”false” inside_shadow=”false” ]On a snowy night in February 1972, the 33 year old jazz trumpet star Lee Morgan was shot dead by […]
April 21-28 A United Kingdom
A United Kingdom is a 2016 British biographical romantic drama film directed by Amma Asante and written by Guy Hibbert, based on the true-life romance between Sir Seretse Khama and his wife Ruth Williams Khama.[ David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike portray Seretse and Ruth, respectively. The film is based on the true story of the heir to […]
March 24-31, Jamal Joseph’s Chapter and Verse
March 24-31 Studio Movie Grill Chatham 210 W 87th St FREE PARKING Chapter and Verse, USA, 2016, 97 min Director: Jamal Joseph, Exec Producer, Antoine Fuqua After serving eight years in prison, reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram re-enters society and struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Living under the tough supervision of a […]
March 17, MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE
March 17th-24th Studio Movie Grill Chatham 210 W 87th St, Chicago FREE PARKING MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE USA, 2016, 114 min Directors: Rita Coburn Whack & Bob Hercules This is the first film to be made about the incomparable Maya Angelou. The film presents her incredible journey, shedding light on the untold aspects of […]
BWC: 2017 Black Future Month Afrofuturism Film Competition Winners
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 colonized almost […]
Black Future Month: Thu Feb 16, Naked Reality, Afrofuturism by Jean Pierre Bekolo Sneak Preview
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 join the filling process […]
Black Future Month-Feb 16th: Black Radical Imagination and Jean Pierre Bekolo’s Naked Reality
BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION Thurs, Feb 16, 7 pm, SMG Chatham, 210 W 87th St 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 cinematic. Black Radical Imagination is a touring program of visual […]