Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk, the Windy City Pet Expo, and more happenings from July 22-24.
Tag: Gordon Parks
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Before #BlackLivesMatter, there was Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison
Two lost photo essays, now on display at the Art Institute, go beyond racial stereotypes to reveal the real life of Harlem.
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Life on Mars, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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How to kick drugs while also surviving a hostage crisis, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inBlogs
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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Before Shaft
The Block Museum kicks off its Gordon Parks photo exhibit with a Thursday screening of his film “The Learning Tree,” the first modern studio film by a black director.