{"id":2399,"date":"2026-10-12T20:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saic.edu\/blackharvestfest\/?p=2399"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:30:29","slug":"from-the-block-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saic.edu\/blackharvestfest\/from-the-block-3\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM THE BLOCK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
BLACK HARVEST<\/strong> SHORT FILM PROGRAM<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2025\u20132026, USA, 86 min.
In English and Sudanese Arabic with English subtitles | Format: Digital<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

November 13<\/strong> & 15<\/strong> | SHORTS FROM THE BLOCK celebrates Chicago as both place and practice, a city continually shaped by its artists, organizers, institutions, and neighborhoods. Spanning documentary, narrative, and experimental forms, these films document acts of remembrance, creativity, resistance, healing, and everyday life while revealing the many ways Black Chicagoans preserve history and imagine new futures. Together, these works offer a portrait of the city authored from within, affirming Black Chicago as a living cultural ecosystem sustained by generations of artists, filmmakers, and community builders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, November 13, 5:30 p.m. | Followed by The Big Picture Party in the Siskel Film Center Cafe, hosted by the Black Harvest Community Council.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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PROGRAM<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ESSENCE OF INNOCENCE<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

2025, dirs. Joyce A. Lee, Love Joel Aryeetey, USA, 17 min., In English \/ Format: Digital
<\/em>A young girl builds a healing memorial wall at her Islamic school in the wake of 9\/11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SISTAS IN THE PIT<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

2026, dir. Monet-Chanel Khanyahl, USA, 18 min., In English \/ Format: Digital
<\/em>Black femmes carve out space, express rage, and find joy within the alternative punk music scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I DREAMT OF COWBOYS, COTTONFIELDS AND CLOUDS: BERNARD WILLIAMS<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

2026, dir. Kevin Shaw, USA, 21 min., In English \/ Format: Digital
<\/em>Artist Bernard Williams unearths overlooked histories of Black cowboys, farmers, and aviators through public art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PLIGHT OF THE HONEYBEE<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

2026, dir. Abdeljaleel Ismail, USA, 16 min., In English and Sudanese Arabic with English subtitles \/ Format: Digital
<\/em>A grieving woman’s hunt for honey leads her to face the personal loss she has tried to avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NOTES OF REST<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

2026, dirs. Sulyiman Stokes, Julian Davis Reid, USA, 11 min., In English \/ Format: Digital
<\/em>A musical and visual meditation chronicling Julian Davis Reid’s ongoing series celebrating rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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120 SECONDS<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

2026, dir. Denzel Adolphus Howard, USA, 3 min., In English \/ Format: Digital
<\/em>An ambitious culinary graduate channels years of kitchen experience into chasing his restaurant dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 5:30 P.M. & SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 11:00 A.M.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 5:30 P.M. & SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 11:00 A.M. | SHORTS FROM THE BLOCK celebrates Chicago as both place and practice, a city continually shaped by its artists, organizers, institutions, and neighborhoods. […]<\/p>\n

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