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Screening Acts: Chameleon Street (1989)

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Screening Acts presents: Chameleon Street, directed by Wendell B. Harris, Jr. (1989, 94m) | Sunday July 14, 1-4 pm, Logan Center for the Arts, Screening Room 201

This July and August, join us for a free film series celebrating Black independent cinema, and exploring the roles we negotiate on and off screen. Some come in and out of roles with ease, others search for a role that feels right. Some are denied the role they desire, and others struggle to slip free of a role they’ve been pressured into playing. Some pronounce themselves boldly and directly, while others remain evasive and mercurial. Between chameleons and cowboys, sermons and soliloquies, intimacy and deception, Screening Acts explores the politics of performance through six Black independent films that collectively ask: if it’s all an act, what role will you play?

A catered, group discussion will follow each screening. Free and open to all!

Screening Acts: Film + Discussion Series | Sundays, July 14 - August 18, 1 - 4 PM | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Screening Room 201

Upcoming Screenings:
7/21: Body and Soul (Oscar Micheaux, 1925)
7/28: Buck and the Preacher (Sidney Poitier, 1972)
8/4: Bamboozled (Spike Lee, 2000)
8/11: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (Leslie Harris, 1992)
8/18: Losing Ground (Kathleen Collins, 1982)

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REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
Please note any dietary restrictions. We will try our best to accommodate.

Screening Acts presents: Chameleon Street, directed by Wendell B. Harris, Jr. (1989, 94m) | Sunday July 14, 1-4 pm, Logan Center for the Arts, Screening Room 201

This July and August, join us for a free film series celebrating Black independent cinema, and exploring the roles we negotiate on and off screen. Some come in and out of roles with ease, others search for a role that feels right. Some are denied the role they desire, and others struggle to slip free of a role they’ve been pressured into playing. Some pronounce themselves boldly and directly, while others remain evasive and mercurial. Between chameleons and cowboys, sermons and soliloquies, intimacy and deception, Screening Acts explores the politics of performance through six Black independent films that collectively ask: if it’s all an act, what role will you play?

A catered, group discussion will follow each screening. Free and open to all!

Screening Acts: Film + Discussion Series | Sundays, July 14 - August 18, 1 - 4 PM | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Screening Room 201

Upcoming Screenings:
7/21: Body and Soul (Oscar Micheaux, 1925)
7/28: Buck and the Preacher (Sidney Poitier, 1972)
8/4: Bamboozled (Spike Lee, 2000)
8/11: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (Leslie Harris, 1992)
8/18: Losing Ground (Kathleen Collins, 1982)

Related:
Learn more here!

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
Please note any dietary restrictions. We will try our best to accommodate.

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The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts serves as a hub for the vibrant arts scene at The University of Chicago and as a cultural destination for the South Side and greater Chicago.
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