Noname’s debut album mixes her serious social commentary with a new sensuality and humor.
Tag: Blaxploitation
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Spike Lee brings the blaxploitation classic Ganja & Hess back from the grave
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus pays tribute to the 70s chiller.
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My full interview with longtime Chicago film programmer Floyd Webb
The creator of Blacklight Cinema, a Chicago film festival that ran from 1982 to 1995, reminisces about the history of black underground filmmaking and his own “adventures in cinema.”
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A rare film from the blaxploitation era
Black Cinema House programmer Floyd Webb presents a rare art film from the blaxploitation era.
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Haile Gerima answers for Bush Mama at Logan Center for the Arts
The venerable indie filmmaker returns to Chicago this Thursday.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Black-Power Movie Ever Shot Under Richard J. Daley’s Nose
The Spook Who Sat By the Door
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Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video
The festival rolls into week two at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
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The father of Blaxploitation is back
Melvin Van Peebles’ “Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha” has its Chicago premiere tonight at the Parkway Ballroom.