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Now Playing • Director Q&As
Waiting for the Light to Change

WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE, winner of the Slamdance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature is now playing. Featuring Q&A screenings with director Linh Tran and other cast and crew members. Learn more here.

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Invisible Beauty

In INVISIBLE BEAUTY, fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity. Learn more here.

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November 3-16
The 29th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival

The 29th Black Harvest Film Festival celebrates “Revolutionary Visions.” Stay tuned for the full lineup, coming in early October. Get your Black Harvest festival pass today. 

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7 Films • Sept. 29-Oct. 12
One and Done

The One and Done series highlights seven gifted filmmakers who, for myriad reasons, never directed another feature film again. We invite audiences to appreciate the rarity while imagining what might have been. View full series.

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September/October Gazette

Read the latest issue of the Gazette! Read the September/October edition online now and pick up a copy at your next visit to the Film Center. Read Now!

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Begins September 7
Conversations at the Edge

Organized by the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in partnership with the Gene Siskel Film Center and the Video Data Bank, Conversations at the Edge is an ongoing series of screenings, performances, and talks by groundbreaking media artists. All events free for SAIC students. View the fall 2023 program.

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September 5 - December 12
Fall Lecture Series

Our fall Lecture Series, hosted by Professor Daniel Eisenberg celebrates 30 years of essential contributions to moving-image culture that alums from the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation (FVNMA) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) have produced. View full series.

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young people sitting on bridge near ocean
WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE
Linh Tran2023
Black woman standing in woods with ornate head piece
INVISIBLE BEAUTY
Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng2023
two boys riding on bike
DISPLACED PERSON and COOPERATION OF PARTS
Daniel Eisenberg1981, 1987
red yellow and green heat map that says us and them
Video Data Bank Presents: ROUNDABOUT
Various directors2023
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woman laying down in geisha garb
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
Chen Kaige / 1993
African woman with tribal jewelry and face paint
MAMI WATA
C.J. / 2023
man standing outside with cowboy hat and bolo tie
TRUE STORIES
David Byrne / 1986
man in formal dress hanging off clock on tall building
SAFETY LAST!
Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor / 1923
woman standing in subway station with hands on hips
JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T.
Leslie Harris / 1992
man in field wearing spacesuit and blowing blue smoke
PHASE IV
Saul Bass / 1974
four people sitting on chairs facing wall
THE UNSTABLE OBJECT II
Daniel Eisenberg / 2022
family crouched in corner with woman holding rifle
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
Charles Laughton / 1955
close up of woman smiling with mans face superimposed
L'ATALANTE
Jean Vigo / 1934
woman wearing floral cap riding in car turning around
WANDA
Barbara Loden / 1970
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This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. IL Arts council 

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