Chicago International Film Festival: Seeds
Sat, Oct 25, 1pm / Screening Room
Tickets : $17

Winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary, Seeds is a tribute to the determination of filmmaker Brittany Shyne and her subjects. Shot over nine years and presented in pristine black-and-white, Seeds presents a reverent, elegiac, and almost timeless vision of a waning way of life. MORE >>

Chicago International Film Festival: Nuestra Tierra
Sat, Oct 25, 4pm / Screening Room
Tickets : $17

Part courtroom drama and part lyrical look at the past, present, and future of the Chuschagasta people, Nuestra Tierra provides a broader context for the murderous act and offers a space for members of the community to reclaim their lives from a government that has long tried to deny not only their rights to the land but even their very existence. MORE >>

Chicago International Film Festival: Sugar Cane Alley
Sat, Oct 25, 5:30pm / Performance Hall
Tickets : $17

Rich in cultural authenticity and political depth, Sugar Cane Alley was a “four-star” favorite of famed Chicago critic Roger Ebert, who praised it as a “smart, sometimes hard-edged story that earns its moments of sentiment.” Both a tender tribute to maternal love and a defiant cry for justice, the film remains an essential cinematic work that honors the voices of the oppressed while celebrating the unbreakable spirit of hope. MORE >>

Chicago International Film Festival: Do the Impossible
Sat, Oct 25, 7pm / Screening Room
Tickets : $17

Through layered sound design woven together with a tapestry of concert recordings and rhythmic editing, director Christine Turner offers a film that sings, thinks, and soars, capturing the enduring power of Sun Ra’s mission: to dream beyond Earth and make the impossible not only visible, but inevitable. MORE >>

Chicago International Film Festival: Pasa Faho
Sun, Oct 26, 12pm / Screening Room
Tickets : $17

As father and son navigate the uneasy terrain between tradition and transformation, they find themselves confronting their perceptions of each other. Bolstered by the grace offered by their communities, they start to move toward common ground. A meditation on inheritance and dislocation, Pasa Faho unfolds as a heartwarming tale of reconnection, resilience, and the quiet beauty of starting again. MORE >>

Chicago International Film Festival: One Golden Summer
Sun, Oct 26, 2:30pm / Screening Room
Tickets : $17

Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Shaw (Let the Little Light Shine, America to Me) deftly investigates the story behind the headlines, shattering stereotypes and reframing the narrative. Through conversations with the charismatic young athletes, now adults, as well as reporters, coaches, and parents, One Golden Summer shines a vivid spotlight on the complex issues of race, power, and money all too prevalent in youth sports. MORE >>

Chicago International Film Festival: Shorts 3: Black Perspectives
Sun, Oct 26, 5pm / Screening Room
Tickets : $17

Close ties abound in these short films spanning Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, and the U.S. These six shorts explore the complicated relationships between parents and children, aunts and nieces, artists and their craft, and even former lovers. MORE >>