Podtalk: Curator Jada-Amina of the 29th Black Harvest Film Festival, November...
CHICAGO– As Chicago’s Black Harvest Film Festival enters its third decade, new leadership are providing the filmmaker’s showcase. The theme for 2023 is “Revolutionary Visions,” and putting the program...
View ArticleFilm News: Best of the Midwest Short Film Showcase Kicks Off 2024 Fest, Jan....
CHICAGO– It’s 2024 y’all and what better way to start the new season of the Midwest Film Festival than a short film “Best of the Midwest” (BMA) Showcase. These Award Honorees, announced at the BMAs in...
View ArticleFilm News: Midwest Film Festival Presents Global Kaleidoscope Night on March...
CHICAGO– The Midwest Film Festival presents Global Kaleidoscope Night on March 25th, 2024. The short film showcase celebrates a broad spectrum of narratives, perspectives, and identities. The...
View ArticleFilm News: 2024 Doc10 Opening Night is 'DEVO' on Thurs, May 2nd
CHICAGO– Doc10, the annual Chicago documentary film festival, opens on May 2nd, 2024, with a new documentary about the famous avant garde rock band entitled “DEVO,” directed by Chris Smith. who will...
View ArticleFilm News: 2024 Doc10 Closing Night Film is ‘War Game’ on May 5th
CHICAGO– Doc10, the annual Chicago documentary film festival, highlights a cautionary note for its 2024 Closing Night film on Sunday May 5th, at Chicago’s Davis Theater. ‘War Game’ is a look into a...
View ArticlePodtalk: Brittani Ward for ‘Single Car Crashes’ at Gene Siskel Film Center...
CHICAGO– Writer/director Brittani Ward is bringing her made-in-Chicagoland feature, “Single Car Crashes” back home to the Gene Siskel Film Center for a special screening run on July 12th-14th &...
View ArticleFilm News: 2024 Chicago Underground Film Fest, Sep. 11-15, Opens with ‘No One...
CHICAGO– The longest running underground film festival in the world kicks off its 31st Edition on Wednesday, September 11th, 2024. The Chicago Underground Film Festival opens with “No One Asked You” at...
View ArticleCIFF24: ‘An Evening with André Holland’ on the Red Carpet
CHICAGO– On Saturday October 26th, the 2024 60th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) celebrated the Black Perspectives series with “An Evening with André Holland” (“Moonlight,” “The Big Cigar”)....
View ArticleCIFF24: ‘Transplant’ &‘Transamazonia’ on the Red Carpet
CHICAGO– On Friday October 18th, the 2024 60th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) screened the films “Transplant” (via director Jason Park and lead actor Eric Nam) and “Transamazonia” (actor...
View ArticleFilm News: 30th Black Harvest Film Festival Nov. 8-21, 2024
CHICAGO– The Black Harvest Film Festival celebrates its 30th edition on Opening Night, November 8th, 2024, and continues through November 21st. The Film Festival is Chicago’s annual showcase for Black...
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