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2026, USA, Saint Lucia, 88 min.
In English, Amharic, and Kwéyòl with English subtitles | Format: Digital
November 7 & 8 | EVERYDAY PEOPLE considers community as a living practice, sustained through shared histories, spiritual traditions, cultural expression, political struggle, and everyday acts of care. Moving across neighborhoods, congregations, Saint Lucia, and traditions carried across the Black diaspora, these films explore the many ways Black people create and preserve belonging. From Black queer communities reclaiming faith and family traditions passed through food and oral history, to political organizing and the enduring communal language of stepping and strolling, the program reveals community as something continually made and remade through memory, resistance, celebration, and mutual responsibility. Together, these films celebrate the relationships, rituals, and collective practices that allow Black communities to sustain one another and imagine futures across generations and geography.
Sunday, November 8, 6:00 p.m. | Post-screening conversation with Chi Achebe and Troy Martin followed by Harvest House, a celebration in the Siskel Film Center Cafe, hosted by Black Film Club Collective.
PROGRAM
SUN OF THE VALLEY
2026, dir. Dawit Borrows, USA, 24 min., In English and Amharic with English subtitles / Format: Digital
The theft of a script sends a young filmmaker on a frantic search across Seattle.
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO…
2026, dir. Nic Ashe, USA, 23 min., In English / Format: Digital
A Black queer and trans community reclaims faith and belonging through music and sacred space.
PEPPA SAUCE
2026, dir. Cameron Clay, Saint Lucia, 15 min., In English and Kwéyòl / Format: Digital and Super 8
Super 8 imagery and oral history pay tribute to a St. Lucian matriarch and her secret recipe.
THE DAY YOU FIND YOUR NAME
2026, dir. Dominique R. Draper, USA, 15 min. In English / Format: Digital
At the height of the Black Panther movement, a pregnant Afeni Shakur battles 189 felony charges while defending herself in court.
RHYTHMS OF DIVINITY
2026, dir. Nia Rae Lambert, USA, 11 min., In English / Format: Digital
Tracing the cultural history and transatlantic roots of Black Greek-letter stepping and strolling.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu
SHOWTIMES
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2:15 P.M. & SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 6:00 P.M.
