Screening | The Sojourner Truth Film Festival
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 10AM - 5PM
In 1976, Faith Ringgold and a group of Black feminist artists co-organized the first-ever Black women’s film festival: the Sojourner Truth Festival of the Arts. In celebration of the festival’s 2023 edition and Ringgold’s major retrospective, Faith Ringgold: American People, join us for an all-day screening of rarely shown films by and about Black women.
CART captioning is provided for all screenings.
Schedule
10:30 am–12:30 pm
Screening One
Faith Ringgold: Tell it Like it Is + Shorts on Black Women Artists
This program runs approximately 2 hours and 4 minutes.
1:30–2:40 pm
Screening Two
Portraits of Place
With an in-person conversation between directors Monica Freeman—one of the founding members of the festival—and cai thomas, moderated by Yvonne Welbon
This program runs approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Films
- A Sense of Pride–Hamilton Heights, dir. Monica Freeman (1977, 15 mins)
- Change the Name, dir. Cai Thomas (2021, 20 mins)
3–4:45 pm
Screening Three
In Our Mothers’ Gardens
This program runs approximately 2 hours.
About the Filmmakers
cai thomas is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in Chicago who tells intimate stories at the intersection of location, self determination, and identity about Black youth and elders. She grew up in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood and is deeply interested in stories rooted in place. Her filmmaking exhibits how Black folks are agitating and organizing for the world they want, whether that’s a journalist investigating police misconduct, a disabled lesbian elder fighting for an accessible apartment, or young folks organizing for parks named after folks that look like them. cai’s films include Beneath The Surface (Independent Lens PBS), Change the Name (BET), and Queeniev (Criterion Channel). Her work has screened everywhere from classrooms and community centers on the West Side of Chicago to Blackstar Film Festival in Philadelphia.
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