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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 6:30PM | Special Event | Join Terence Nance for an intimate evening showcasing episodes four and five from season two of the acclaimed HBO series Random Acts of Flyness […]

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 | Special Event | Join Black Film Club (BFC) Chi for a day of film and conversation at the 30th Black Harvest Film Festival! BFC will be catching THE DEBUTANTES at 2:00PM […]

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 7:00PM | Special Event | We’re honored to conclude the 30th Black Harvest Film Festival with the Chicago premiere of the 4K digital restoration of Charles Burnett’s long-lost feature […]

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 12:00PM | Special Event | For over five decades, the Community Film Workshop of Chicago (CFWC) has supported African Americans and people of color in the film industry […]

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 12:00PM | Special Event | How do we honor the past while forging new paths? In this dynamic double feature, we explore the intricate interplay of memory and identity […]

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 6:00PM | Special Event | Psst! Peer into the unknown, embrace the ambiguity, and show up to the Film Center for a screening that is entirely, absolutely, and ultimately “to be announced” […]

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 7:00PM | Special Event | Welcome to the 30th Black Harvest Film Festival! Join us for this presentation of select Black Harvest Film Festival short films and the announcement of the winners of […]

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 8:30PM | Special Event | Visual maker, creative researcher, sound designer, and director Osadolor Osawemwenze presents their thesis on Blackqueer creatives using lo-fi and DIY audiovisual […]

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 6:15PM | Special Event | With Sonic Constellations, Chicago-based scholar and curator chris d. reeder, alongside artist and theorist Nina Garibaldi, explores the essential role of sound in cinema […]

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