The Best New Movies Coming Out This Fall and Winter

Oscar season hasn’t even started, and 2025 is already shaping up to be a strong year at the movies. We’ve seen small-budget standouts, from the thought-provoking body horror of Together to the empathetic dramedy of Sorry, Baby. Even the superhero blockbusters—Superman, Fantastic Four—had more to say about justice and community than I’ve come to expect […]
Great Migrations: A People On The Move, A WTTW Preview & Discussion

Tickets for this event are currently not available. Join WTTW, the Chicago Defender Charities and The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center for this in-person preview and discussion of Great Migrations: A People on the Move, a new film directed by Julia Marchesi and Nailah Ife Sims. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the executive […]
Film Notes Otis Moss III and Kevin Shaw

FILM NOTES WITH PASTOR OTIS MOSS III webcast airing Sunday, October 23rd at 3pm CST Director, producer, and cinematographer Kevin Shaw sits down with Pastor Otis Moss III to talk about his film, “Let the Little Light Shine“. The film is a riveting documentary on one community’s fight to preserve their grade school against the […]
(In)Justice For All Film Festival International – Film Screening and Filmmaker Panel Discussion October 27-29, 2022

The IFAFF International brings the power of film to educate, engage and grow the numbers of active allies in the fight to actualize transformative justice worldwide. For socially conscious film viewers, seeking knowledge and actionable resources, the festival has strong value. The many films we present provide a platform for filmmakers to reach their targeted […]