This program is FREE with museum admission, and all Tuesdays are free for residents of Illinois.
Black Radical Imagination is a touring program of visual shorts that focuses on new stories within the diaspora and the current state of black culture. Born from conversations about the cinematic limitations historically given to people of color, Black Radical Imagination invokes the aesthetics of afrofuturism, afrosurrealism, and the magnificent through the context of film, allowing each artist to ...
This program is FREE with museum admission, and all Tuesdays are free for residents of Illinois.
Black Radical Imagination is a touring program of visual shorts that focuses on new stories within the diaspora and the current state of black culture. Born from conversations about the cinematic limitations historically given to people of color, Black Radical Imagination invokes the aesthetics of afrofuturism, afrosurrealism, and the magnificent through the context of film, allowing each artist to reclaim their own unique story.
Program:
The Golden Chain
Ezra Claytan Daniels, Adebukola Bodunrin
(2015, 13 min, Digital Video, USA)
In the distant future, a Nigerian space station in a remote corner of the galaxy orbits an artificial pinpoint of matter so dense it cannot exist in our solar system. It is a recreation of the birth of the universe itself and overseen by Yetunde, sole crew member on the space station Eko.
All That is Left Unsaid
Michele Pearson Clarke
(2014, 2:27min, Digital, Canada)
"With Audre Lorde acting as both subject and surrogate, All That is Left Unsaid is a daughter’s elegy for her mother. Both women lived with cancer for 14 years, and the absence of their wisdom, guidance and love is experienced as an ongoing loss. This short, experimental documentary reflects on all other black women gone too soon, in contemplating this aspect of grief."
Florida Water
Numa Perrier
(2014, 6:08min, Digital, USA)
A tapestry of memories restitched together.
Vow of Silence
Be Steadwell
(2014, 28min, Digital, USA)
A heartbroken composer takes a vow of silence to win back the heart of her true love. In her struggle to reconnect with her ex, she meets an outgoing musician. Utilizing music, magic and silence-Jade finds her voice in the place she least expects it.
Curated by Erin Christovale and Amir George. Learn more: http://bit.ly/1MSTNSi
