IMPACT + OUTREACH
Working with filmmakers to strategize and support their impact campaigns, bringing films into the conversation around critical issues and themes that the film addresses.
Post-screening discussion of The Area at the Block Cinema moderated by Naeema Jamilah Torres (May 2019)
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
Dirs. Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson
An HBO Original Documentary featuring the voice of Taraji P. Henson, follows the legendary poet, activist, and educator’s ascendance and impact on American culture.
Dir. Carrie Hawks
Inner Wound Real relays the story of three BIPOC folks who self-injure, then find new ways to cope. The animated documentary short has 3 different visual styles, one for each participant.
Unapologetic (2020)
Dir. Ashley O’Shay
After two police killings, Black millennial organizers challenge a Chicago administration complicit in state violence against its Black residents.
The Area (2018)
Dir. David Schalliol
The Area is the odyssey of a South Side Chicago neighborhood, where hundreds of Black American families are being expelled from their homes by a multi-billion-dollar freight company. The documentary film follows homeowner-turned-activist Deborah Payne, who vows to be "the last house standing," as she and her neighbors fight the displacement that looms ahead.
Dir. Yasmin Mistry
A four part documentary series about child welfare, told from the first person perspective of those who have grown up in the child welfare system. Each film profiles the story of an individual youth and his or her struggles and triumphs while navigating the foster care system.