BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Thursday, November 30 at 7:00pm | A decades-spanning exploration of a woman’s life in Mississippi and an ode to the generations of people, places, and ineffable moments that shape us.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES x SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 4 at 7:30pm | Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life, injecting the classic “Frankenstein” story with fresh innovation and social relevance.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, September 6 at 7:30pm | Sons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto’s early hip-hop scene.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, August 2 at 7:30pm | Through intimate access to a charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, BLACK BARBIE delves into the cross section of merchandise and representation as Black women strive to elevate their own voices and stories, refusing to be invisible.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, July 5 at 7:30pm | The Negro Leagues; changing the game, transforming America. From acclaimed filmmaker Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI).
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, May 17 at 7:30pm | The Five Demands follow the dramatic but little-known story of the 1969 student strike that transformed the face of higher education.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Saturday, January 13 at 7pm | In this hilarious new satire, novelist Monk (Jeffrey Wright) is frustrated by an industry that limits Black storytelling to Black trauma. He writes an outlandish book of his own, which accidentally propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he despises.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Thursday, February 1 at 7:00pm | Director Ava DuVernay’s newest film, about author Isabel Wilkerson writing her seminal book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” about the unspoken system that has shaped America and defined lives by a hierarchy of human divisions.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Thursday, June 22 at 7:30pm | A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Thursday, March 14 at 7:30pm | Harold Washington takes on a city rife with corruption and discrimination to be elected Chicago’s first African-American mayor in 1983.
BLACK CINEMA SERIS + WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS | Wednesday, April 26 at 7:30pm | Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, who rose to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with a love affair and falling out with Marie Antoinette.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, March 1 at 7:30pm | Theatre 1 | A novelist attends a murder trial, but things don’t go as expected.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, February 1 at 7:30pm | Theatre 1 | Gina Prince-Bythewood’s 2000 debut features a fantastic cast, headed by Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps as two neighbors who fall for each other while striving to achieve, their basketball dreams in this sports-romance.
BLACK CINEMA SERIS | Thursday, June 20 at 7:30pm | Tyler Perry’s tale of forbidden love and family drama unravels 40 years of secrets and lies against a soundtrack of juke-joint blues in the Deep South.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Wednesday, July 17 at 7:30pm | Braiding historical accounts with modern-day testimonials, this documentary on Black surfing and aquatic culture dismantles the racial barriers of conventional surf culture over the 1,000-year-old tradition, and honors its current movement — inspiring the next generation of Black surfers.