The 12th edition of the annual festival of black independent film runs from Friday, July 30, through Friday, August 20, at the Film Center, Art Institute, Columbus Drive at Jackson, and at the DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Pl. Tickets are $5; tickets to the DuSable screenings may be purchased in advance at the museum, but tickets to Film Center screenings can be purchased only on the day of the screening. For more information call 649-4855.
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An hour-long fiction film by Debra Robinson about a ten-year-old coping with her grandmother’s death in a midwest town during the 60s (1991). On the same program, Saundra Sharp’s 1988 short, Picking Tribes. Robinson will be present at the screening. (DuSable Museum, 7:00)
Murder Magic
Magic Love
A Question of Color
New Visions: Short Film Showcase