About the Festival
Each year since 1994, the Gene Siskel Film Center has presented the Annual Black Harvest Film Festival, a vibrant celebration of independent films that tell the stories and explore the images, heritage, and history of the worldwide Black experience.
- Advisory Board
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- Ellen Sandor, Advisory Board Chair
- Kristin L. Anderson
- Jose Cerda III
- Camille Cook
- Dr. Judith Cothran
- Michelle Cucchiaro
- Eda Davidman
- Robert Downey, Jr.
- Susan Downey
- Charles R. Droege
- Eliot Ephraim
- Melissa Sage Fadim
- David Hundley
- Marlene Iglitzen
- Ellen Kollar
- Rosanne Levin
- Averill Leviton
- Anita Liskey
- Margaret MacLean
- David E. Martin
- Ingrida Martinkus
- Felicia Middlebrooks
- Marcel Munoz
- Marisa Murillo
- Edward Siskel
- Bolaji Sosan
- Roopa P. Weber
- Joshua Yates
- Black Harvest Film Festival Sponsors and Contributors
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- Allstate
- Gilead Sciences
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Locke Lord LLC
- BMO Harris
- ComEd
- Felicia Middlebrooks
- Richard and Ellen Family Foundation
- NBC 5 Chicago
- Illinois Art Council
- CityArts Grant
- WBEZ
- Chicago Reader
- Kristin Anderson
- Black Harvest Film Festival Partners
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- Akasuba
- Creative Cypher
- Chirp Media
- Free Spirit Media
- Full Spectrum Features
- Intuit
- Pentimenti Productions