Topic: Film

This week in Philly the Free Library hosts multiple Author Series talks, the Israeli Film Festival opens, art by women is on display at Hyatt Centric, the Historical Society hosts a Gallery Talk on Black History, prep for National Cheesesteak Day, and much more

A local filmmaker explores what would happen if the enslaved people buried in Washington Square were to wake up and … eat White people. (Relax, it’s a metaphor.)

A Philadelphia documentarian uncovered the little-known story of the first multiracial Civil Rights protest in 1960. Watch the award-winning film at the Weitzman Museum on February 6

The documentary, followed by a community conversation, explores a proven solution to homelessness. Join the effort November 21

Join former Mayors Nutter and Atlanta’s Kasim Reed with New Yorker writer, scholar and activist Keeanga-Yahmatta Taylor for the screening of a story that speaks to the future of cities — and that inspired a young Barack Obama

Is Ted Passon, co-director of Philly D.A. and creator of the new Hulu documentary rom-com Patrice: The Movie, just a South Jersey guy who got lucky — or a humble visionary who just so happens to collab with the likes of Alex De Corte and Tierra Whack?

The weird story of how our weird city played a crucial role in launching the sci-fi blockbuster, now officially on its third film

What Zora Neale Hurston, Oscar-nominated American Fiction, and the sacrifice of Black women tell us about America on the cusp of Black History and Women’s History months

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews 101-year-old book activist Grace Linn and George M. Johnson, author of All Boys Aren't Blue

Shuja Moore’s short film about the benefits — to all of us — of pardons for returning citizens screens Monday in West Philly