Unapologetic

After two Black Chicagoans are killed, millennial organizers Janaé and Bella challenge the city’s administration, which is complicit in state violence against its Black residents. The film, O’Shay’s debut feature, follows their efforts as well as the national Movement for Black Lives as it responds to a variety of crises in Chicago—from the police murder of Rekia Boyd to the election of Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Five years in the making, the documentary urgently conveys the centrality of Black queer and feminist communities in the social justice movement. (86 mins., digital video)

This presentation includes a conversation between Ashley O’Shey and Rooney Elmi, a cofounder of NO EVIL EYE and editor of SVLLY(WOOD) magazine. NO EVIL EYE’s film program SEQUENCE 01 is playing in our community lounge and microcinema Free Space October 12–November 8.

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