We are pleased to announce a new season of programs at e-flux and Bar Laika this September featuring Laure Prouvost, Amir ElSaffar, Ergot Records, Pegah Pasalar, Mounira Al Solh, Basma al-Sharif, Suneil Sanzgiri, Mirene Arsanios, Jinoos Taghizadeh, Tanin Torabi, Art/Culture/Action, Nazanin Noroozi, Sandra Skurvida, Barbad Golshiri, Reinhold Martin, Christian Nyampeta, Jörg Heiser, Palto Flats, Laura Marks, Charles Mudede.
The Points North Institute has selected the documentary filmmakers and projects for three of its 2022 Artist Programs: the Points North Fellowship, North Star Fellowship, and LEF/CIFF Fellowship.
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Filmmakers Lily Qi and Sarabi Woods covering events in downtown Chicago for
Activism Now. David A. Holcombe When the Black Lives Matter and other social justice uprisings hit Chicago last year, the creators at Soft Cage Films were ready. The nonprofit film production company has been documenting social change, combating oppressive systems, and amplifying underrepresented voices of color in film through experimental techniques, artistic collaboration, and engaging storylines since its founding in 2012. Before 2020, the team worked in person all over the city and produced a wide array of films including a musical inspired by real events of police torture at Homan Square and the community work to stop it, a drama about a revolutionary street artist s fight against capitalism, and a supernatural horror film that was the group s first feature