BLACK HARVEST FILM FESTIVAL

Celebrating its 30th year in 2024, the Black Harvest Film Festival is Chicago’s annual showcase for films that celebrate, explore and share the Black, African American, and African Diaspora experience.

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Film Screening of “Origin”

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Rid Racism Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Turners invite you to an in-person or online free film screening of “Origin” written and directed by Ava DuVernay. The film is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. There will be a talkback panel discussion after the film.

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Can We Make a Home in Milwaukee: Screening and Discussion

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Wellpoint Care Network will host a private screening of the movie “Can We Make a Home in Milwaukee?” on Monday, September 9 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free. Produced in Milwaukee, it features the intimate personal stories of immigrants and refugees who’ve settled here from Tanzania, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Myanmar (Burma), Ukraine, Laos and Pakistan. Did they achieve the American Dream? Or create an American nightmare? The movie’s producer and director Dr. Fran Kaplan will facilitate the interactive audience discussion and Q&A.

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Silicon Valley African Film Festival

Silicon Valley African Film Festival

The Silicon Valley African Film Festival promotes an understanding and appreciation of Africa and Africans through moving images. Aptly themed “Africa through the African lens”, the film festival celebrates the vast richness of the African Continent through the lenses of Africa’s seasoned and emerging filmmakers and, crucially, provides audiences with exquisite lenses to the real Africa.

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