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somebody asks you where youre from and you answer, "im from chicago," nobodys going to give you a patronizing response like, "oh, chicagos charming." >> hey, chicago. >> more likely itll be "wow, chicago" or "oh, chicago." theyll be impressed. chicago is the town, a city that doesnt ever have to measure itself against any other city. other places have to measure themselves against it. its big, its outgoing, its tough, its opinionated and everybodys got a story. ♪ i took a walk throug...

Washington and beijing guns in america. It is easier in some community to find a gun than it is to find fresh vegetables taking his case for reform to chicago. President obamas message to communities in the crossfire. Plus, walls of sound. Inside the legendary electric lady stoodies built by jimmy hennedic hendriks, the birthplace to countless hits we begin with a shift in u. S. Strategy in the battle against i. S. I. L. The plan calls for more air strikes, raids on the groups strong holds in th...

A recap of the 2023 Black Harvest Film Festival.

But inside, his home was always an island of sanity, a supportive, creative environment. what was different about your family? >> my mother and my father were very intelligent, and politically oriented, and active. so i got book smart and street smart, you know. >> floyd webb is an old family friend. this is lupes mom, shirley. as becomes quickly apparent, she is along with being an extraordinarily good cook an extraordinary and determined human being. man, this is so outrageously, delicious, wo...

His movie love was infinite, said one friend about the late Chicago critic Sergio Mims. Ask him a question, and "he'd give you a million other answers to questions you didn’t know you had.”

Christopher St. John is best known for his role as a radical in the original "Shaft," but "Top of the Heap" showed his fearless filmmaking . Why you should know his work.

It’s All About Almodóvar in this month’s issue. Plus Branagh on Belfast, excellent new animations Flee and Belle, Jean Renoir interviewed and the Black Film Bulletin’s tribute to Menelik Shabazz

*Here’s the moment Johnny Britt fans have been waiting for is finally here: The legendary singer and trumpet player has released his timely and much-anticipated song, “Peace Officer.” Malcolm Jamal Warner is written, produced, arranged, mixed and performed by Britt. With civil unrest in the nation and all over the world, Britt has written a song for this moment in history. In these unprecedented times of police shootings and injustice, Johnny looks through the eyes of the police office...

Top Of The Heap is an ACAB text for the ages Watch This o ffers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: To kick off Black History Month, we’re looking back on genre films by unsung or underappreciated Black filmmakers. Advertisement We first see Top Of The Heap’s beat cop protagonist George Lattimer as he surveys a muddy brawl between construction workers and hippies. “Bullshit!” he snarls bef...

Of chicago, but inside his home was always an island of sanity, supportive, creative environment. what was different about your family? >> lupe: my mother and my father were very intelligent, and politically oriented, and active so, you know, i got book smart and street smart, you know. >> anthony: floyd webb is an old family friend. this is lupes mom shirley as becomes quickly apparent, she is along with being an extraordinarily good cook and extraordinary and determined human being. man, this ...