Screening Freedom Series: Summer of Soul
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, July 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
A PROGRAM OF LOGAN CENTER’S DIGITAL STORYTELLING INITIATIVE
This film series happens on Sundays, Jul 9-Aug 27, 1-4pm / Screening Room
Seating is limited; please RSVP
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/screening-freedom-film-discussion-series-tickets-664815560237
In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten–until now. SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present. The feature includes concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, and more.
SUMMER OF SOUL premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. It is streaming on Hulu in conjunction with Disney General Entertainment’s Onyx Collective; Searchlight Pictures released it theatrically. Learn more >>’
The afternoon’s screenings also include selections from the film vault of the South Side Home Movie Project.
Screening Freedom Schedule
Seating is limited; please RSVP
Sun, Jul 9:
Summer Of Soul (…or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Questlove, 2021) + SSHMP Selections
Sun, Jul 16:
The Cry Of Jazz (Edward Bland, 1959) + Remembrance: A Portrait Study (Edward Owens, 1959) + SSHMP Selections
Sun, Jul 23:
The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye, 1996)
Sun, Jul 30:
As Above, So Below (Larry Clark, 1973)
Sun, Aug 6:
Cane River (Horace B. Jenkins, 1982)
Sun, Aug 13:
Compensation (Zeinabu Irene Davis, 1999)
Sun, Aug 20:
The African Desperate (Martine Syms, 2022)
Sun, Aug 27:
Drylongso (Cauleen Smith, 1993)
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