In 1976, an extraordinary group of Black feminist artists organized the first-ever Black women’s film festival: the Sojourner Truth Festival of the Arts. Four decades later, a new generation of artists, curators, and scholars have revived the festival. The University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts hosted the first iteration in spring 2023; Gene Siskel Film Center hosts the second with a four-day series celebrating the rich legacy of Black feminist filmmaking.
INTERIOR LIVES opens the Film Center’s events by bringing together 10 exquisite films from the ‘80s, ‘90s, and today that foreground Black women’s interiority. Featuring works by Aarin Burch, Zeinabu irene Davis, Cheryl Dunye, Jada-Amina, S. Pearl Sharp, Cauleen Smith, Paige Taul, Yvonne Welbon, and Fronza Woods and a post-screening discussion with Burch, Davis, Jada-Amina, and Taul, moderated by Sarah Oberholtzer, Program Manager, Sisters in Cinema.