On November 5, 2020 Block Cinema welcomed California-based artist Fox Maxy (Ipai Kumeyaay and Payómkawichum) for a screening and conversation … More
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The Block Museum celebrates Arab women filmmakers with online series, Liberating History
Moving across languages, national boarders, and cinematic styles, the wide spectrum of feminist filmmaking by women from the Middle East … More
“It’s not a picture, It’s a tool”: A conversation on The Area, and documentary as a frame for community action
In the heart of the South Side of Chicago, an 85-acre area abutting a railyard means different things to different … More
“Becoming and becoming and becoming”: Manthia Diawara on the porous borders of identity, nation, and art [Audio]
On February 2, 2019 The Block welcomed filmmaker and NYU Professor of Cinema Studies Manthia Diawara for a screening and … More
Iranian artist and filmmaker Mania Akbari brings personal new work to Block Cinema
Block Museum hosts Chicago premiere of A Moon for My Father (2019) At age 30, acclaimed artist and filmmaker Mania … More
“I invest in myself and I make my films”: Jessie Maple on breaking boundaries and filmmaking [Audio]
Director Jessie Maple is a true trailblazer: the first African-American woman to join the International Photographers of Motion Picture & … More
“Something unexpected underneath the surface”: Sound Designer Gary Rydstrom on “The Elephant Man” [Audio]
On October 10, 2019 Block Cinema joined with Northwestern’s MA in Sound Arts and Industries to welcome Academy-Award-Winning Sound Designer … More
Meet Block Museum Fellow Simran Bhalla
In September 2019 the Block Museum welcomed Simran Bhalla as a 2019-2020 graduate fellow. Block Museum Graduate Fellowships are offered to two … More
Block Museum brings rare Latin American films to Chicago
Ism Ism Ism is the first major survey of Latin American experimental cinema in U.S. The Block Museum of Art … More
Filmmaker Talkback: Nathaniel Dorsky on “The Arboretum Cycle”
Since the 1960s, experimental filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky has been making a distinctive and stunning body of work. His silent 16mm … More