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After a triumphant 2023 run, the XL Film Festival is back, and founder Troy Pryor is taking it up a notch. The XL Film Festival 2024 is set to captivate

A recap of the 2023 XL Film Festival.

Troy Pryor is the founder of Creative Cypher, a portfolio of media companies under the umbrella of parent company Pryor Holdings. He is the co-chair and board

An article about the XL Film Festival joining forces to become a Black-owned festival running August 18-20, 2023 in Chicago.

Troy Pryor’s organization, Creative Cypher, operates as a multiservice creative company in Chicago. He is now in his third year as the co-chair of the Black Harvest Film Festival. Rolling out spoke with Pryor about the entertainment industry, being a Black man in those spaces and the importance of him being the co-chair of Black […]

An imprisoned man (Denzel Washington) is promised a shorter sentence if he can convince his son to sign to play basketball for a politicians former college; from director Spike Lee. R, 1998. Free.

Spike Lee adaptation of the Richard Price novel about a drug dealer who becomes mixed up in a murder investigation. R, 1995. Free.

Spike Lees story of the push and pull between activist or fraternity life at a historically black college. R, 1988. Free.

Spike Lees retelling of the improbable and dangerous undercover mission of former Colorado Springs policeman Ron Stallworth. R, 2018. Free.

Concerts also include a State Street Jams fundraiser, Leslie Damaso with Mr. Chair and Sahada Buckley and Allison Russell; a Black History Month keynote by Ruth E. Carter; and more events.