Oct 26, 7:00 PM: Foxy Brown and Four Women, with Coquie Hughes

Foxy Brown (Jack Hill, 1974) and Four Women (Julie Dash, 1978), with filmmaker Coquie Hughes Julie Dash’s iconic dance film (based on the song by Nina Simone), followed by the classic Pam Grier Blaxplo film, turn the spotlight on Black women’s dual experiences of oppression and empowerment as represented in 70s era film. “Maybe you can feel some of what I feel.” Screenings followed by conversation with Coquie Hughes, Chicago independent filmmaker and producer whose work is known for featuring urban queer women of color. Since 2003, she has earned over 8 million channel views and over 57,000 subscribers on Youtube and her own film site, hercrushtv.com. Hughes is also a playwright and stage director, and founder of imadigitechkid.com, a media & technology arts education program geared towards young children. Presented by Cinema 53, a partnership between the Harper Theater in downtown Hyde Park and UChicago's Gray Center for Arts & Inquiry, in conjunction with the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture and the fall Reproduction of Race & Racial Ideologies Workshop series, “From Combahee to #BlackLivesMatter: Exploring a History of Black Politics and Culture,” with support from the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at UChicago. LOCATION: Harper Theater | 5238 S. Harper Ave.

Date: October 26, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM