Black History

Black History, Coming-of-Age Essays, LGBTQ+

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Look back: ‘Moonlight’: removing the physical armour

by Marjorie H. Morgan

June 1, 2021

"Moonlight" (2016) is a poetic and universal tale. It is a coming-of-age story for everyone who has every questioned “Who am I?” The central character in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s story
Black History, Chicago International Film Festival, Interviews, Juneteenth, Oscars, Production Design

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Look Back: Breaking down walls and redesigning them: Production Design Oscar winner Hannah Beachler talks Wakanda, ‘Moonlight’, and more

by Rebecca Martin

February 18, 2021

Featured back in October 2019. We aren’t just taking down ceilings, we are busting down walls. Because you take out a ceiling and the building will stand, but if you

African Cinema, Black History, February Showcase, Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Short Films

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“MÉBÉT” is breaking the trend of child marriages in Gambia and inspiring world-wide with its message

by Rebecca Martin

February 4, 2021

Watch “MÉBÉT” until 2/28 on our festival platform, REBECCA MARTIN: How did you come to this story/film? JAMA JACK: I wrote the story in 2012. At the time, I was

Black History, Film Festivals, Juneteenth, LIVE Events

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Chaz Ebert moderates Black Female Filmmaker Renaissance Panel with Channing Godfrey Peoples, Numa Perrier, Christine Swanson, Ashley O’Shay, and Sanicole

by cinemafemme

January 10, 2021

Here is a throwback to a panel discussion that was part of our 2020 Inaugural Short Film Fest that took place 8/6/20 – 8/9/20. The panel will discuss the powerful

Black History, Chicago, Interviews, Juneteenth, Sexual Assault Awareness

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Kyra Jones’ directorial debut sheds new light on sexual assault in “Go to the Body”

by Rebecca Martin

December 4, 2020

Kyra Jones is a force bubbling up in the industry. Her directorial debut “Go to the Body” (which is aiming for a 2023 release), has been winning pitch after pitch

Awards, Black History, Interviews, Juneteenth, Social Justice

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Dawn Porter captures an awe-inspiring legacy in “John Lewis: Good Trouble”

by Rebecca Martin

November 26, 2020

We featured this interview on July 1st, 2020 before John Lewis passed. Dawn Porter won Mind the Gap (California Film Institute and Mill Valley Film Festival) Documentarian of the Year

African Cinema, Black History, Interviews, Juneteenth

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Ainslee Robson tells her story through her VR graphic memoir “Ferenj”

by Rebecca Martin

August 20, 2020

I don’t know a lot about VR. I did it once before, and I was in this Van Gogh painting, and it made me feel really dizzy. When someone I

Black History, Interviews, Juneteenth

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Tamar-kali bewitches us with her magical score for “Shirley”

by Rebecca Martin

June 5, 2020

There was no doubt that this wasn’t tokenization. I thought that was so important because- I mean nothing is perfect, a lot of stuff is flawed, that’s humanity. But you

Black History, Chicago, Film Critics, Film Festivals, Interviews

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#TBT 2019 Sundance Ebert Fellows

by Rebecca Martin

January 16, 2020

Chaz Ebert introduced me to the 2019 Sundance Ebert Fellows Niani Scott, Whitney A. Spencer, and Tiffany Walden via Instagram as they were on their way to Park City, Utah,
Black History, Interviews, Juneteenth

15 min read

Oluwaseun Babalola explores modern day Africa through her web series ‘SOJU’

by Rebecca Martin

October 11, 2019

My conversation with Oluwaseun Babalola—”Seun” for short—was empowering. We are both women who have a passion for what we are doing, and we are both doing all that we can

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