Upcoming Screenings & Events
It is central to our mission to create impactful community gatherings where we use the Belonging Series as a springboard for important, potentially uncomfortable conversations about pressing issues that affect us all.
Past Screenings & Events 2019
- 15TueOctUrban Mediamakers Film Festival (UMF)/Suwanee Branch - Gwinnett County Public
- 11FriOctBaltimore International Black Film Festival Screening/SNF Parkway Theater
- 06SunOctAwareness Film Festival Screening/The Regal at LA Live
- 05SatOctPanel: Diversity & Inclusivity/The Regal at LA Live
- 30MonSepMenlo Park Library Screening/Menlo Park Main Library
- 23MonSepNo Labels No Walls - Workshop: “Storytelling as a Revolutionary Act" (Sep 23, 2019)/Center Library Oodi
- 08SunSepBorderscene Film Festival Screening (Sep 6 - 9, 2019)/1005 El Paseo Rd
- 04WedSepBorderscene Film Festival Online Viewing (Sep 4 - 9, 2019)/Online
- 21WedAugFlashpoint Chicago (Private Screening)/Location is TBD
- 26FriJulNational Storytelling Network Screening/Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley
- 16SunJunSan Francisco Black Film Festival: Screening 2/AAACC - Nia Room (2nd Floor)
- 15SatJunSan Francisco Black Film Festival: Screening 1/JHC (Fillmore Heritage Center)
- 08SatJunThe Mystic Soul Conference/The Chicago High School for the Arts
- 22WedMayChicago Cultural Center Screening/Chicago Cultural Center
- 25MonFebFlashpoint Chicago/IFP Chicago Screening/Flashpoint Chicago, a Campus of Columbia
- 17SunFebPAFF Screening 3--Los Angeles/Cinemark Baldwin Hills
- 10SunFebPAFF Screening 2--Los Angeles/Cinemark Baldwin Hills
- 09SatFebPAFF Screening --Los Angeles/Cinemark Baldwin Hills
Past Screenings & Events 2018
- 17SatNovI've Known Rivers Film Festival of arts, culture & education/World Stage Performance GalleryNov 17, 2018, 4:00 PM – 5:15 PMWorld Stage Performance Gallery, 4321 Degnan Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008, USAOur pilot will be featured in this festival where Michael D. McCarty will be in attendance leading a workshop and a q&a.
- 02FriNovIconic: Black Panther Chicago Opening Reception/Stony Island Arts BankNov 02, 2018, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PMStony Island Arts Bank, 6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649, USAIn recognition of one of the most influential political movements in the past century, this exhibition will be taking place in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party’s Illinois chapter. The heartland exhibition of ICONIC: Black Panther will feature a mix of local emerging a
Lost Angeles Pilot Screening
Echo Park Film Center
September 27, 2018
For our first LA screening of the pilot, we chose a venue whose mission reflects the big ideas of our series. Echo Park Film Center is a non-profit media arts organization committed to providing equal and affordable community access to film/video resources. "We feel it is imperative that more members of marginalized communities become active participants in the creation and dissemination of experimental and documentary film in order to truly share the many powerful voices and visions that make up the fabric of contemporary life. With a special focus on “at risk” youth, EPFC programs and services use cinema as catalyst to inspire, educate, and empower communities." T
Thursday, Sept. 27th
8-10pm PT
1200 N. Alvarado St.
Los Angeles, California 90026
Chicago Pilot Screening
Oak Park International Film Festival
September 15, 2018
Our Pilot Episode of Belonging in the USA will be shown at this film festival along with several other inspiring pieces.
The theme for the 2018 Oak Park International Film Festival is “Reel Resistance.” This cinematic subject allows for intense investigation of the ways that individuals, collectives, and institutions foment change. From the spoken word to scientific intervention, we consider the reasoning and actions that critique and disrupt systems of hierarchy and oppression in film. Through this visual inquiry, we seek to provoke debate, confront convention and promote actions of social justice and civic engagement in the Festival’s unique form of “civic cinema.” It’s free and open to the public.
Saturday, Sept. 15th
9am-1pm CT
834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL 60301
Chicago Pilot Screening
Conrad Sulzer Regional Library
September 5, 2018
Join us at Sulzer Regional Library, in Lincoln Square, for a live screening of our Pilot Episode of Belonging in the USA. Watch the episode with us and stay for an inspiring discussion featuring Arielle and Michael himself.
Wednesday, Sept. 5th
5:30-8:30pm CT
4455 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL 60625
Chicago Pilot Screening
Woodson Regional Library
August 30, 2018
Join us at Woodson Regional Library for a live screening of our Pilot Episode of Belonging in the USA. Just minutes away from Chicago State University and the Beverly area. Watch the episode with us and stay for an inspiring discussion featuring Arielle and Michael himself.
Thursday, Aug. 30th
5:30-8:30pm CT
9525 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60628
Rough Cut Pilot Screening & Deep Talk
February 1, 2018
A private screening at Columbia College Chicago.
