• ALL ABOUT LOVE

    Shorts Program | Select filmmakers scheduled to attend. | A meditation on Black love and its many languages.

  • PAW PAW & DAYJA

    Feature Film | A family comedy where a Bigfoot-obsessed 10-year-old and her grandfather rediscover wonder through loss and laughter.

  • BLACK AND BLUR

    Shorts Program | Select filmmakers scheduled to attend. | Experimental cinema on the edge of Black possibility.

  • THE INQUISITOR

    Feature Film | Barbara Jordan’s extraordinary life of “firsts”—from Texas senator to Congressional powerhouse—comes alive in this portrait, narrated by Alfre Woodard. 

  • MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE

    Feature Film | A soulful chronicle of Chicago’s house music—its powerful roots and its echoes, and its power to move the world through rhythm, memory, and joy.

  • NIGHT SHIFT

    Shorts Program | Select filmmakers scheduled to attend. | An eclectic late-night ride for the nocturnal.

  • THE INQUISITOR

    Feature Film | Barbara Jordan’s extraordinary life of “firsts”—from Texas senator to Congressional powerhouse—comes alive in this portrait, narrated by Alfre Woodard. 

  • ALL ABOUT LOVE

    Shorts Program | Select filmmakers scheduled to attend. | A meditation on Black love and its many languages.

  • DAUGHTERS OF DUSABLE

    Special Event | Two stories celebrating the cultural and organizing spirit of Black women who shaped Chicago’s legacy. 

  • TOGETHER: IN THE LIFE

    Special Event | Three films chart the evolution of Black queer life, art, and community. 

  • FROM THE BLOCK

    Shorts Program | Select filmmakers scheduled to attend. | Stories from Chicago’s very own take the center.