Now entering its 30th year, the Black Harvest Film Festival allows celebration and exploration within the Black, African Diaspora, and African American filmmakers' projects. Highlighting upcoming and established talent, there will be both short and feature-length films from local directors, screenwriters, and producers.

Schedule of Events:

November 8, 2024

7:00 pm: Opening Night

November 9, 2024

Black Film Club Chi at Black Harvest Film Festival

12:00 pm: Community Film Workshop Showcase: South Side Shorts
12:30 pm: Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
2:00 pm: The Debutantes
3:00 pm: A Love Supreme
4:00 pm: For The Fam
5:30 pm: The Black Sea
6:30 pm: An Evening with Terence Nance
8:30 pm: The Weekend
8:45 pm: Dirty 30s

November 10, 2024

12:00 pm: For Colored Girls
12:30 pm: The Spook Who Sat by The Door
2:30 pm: Native Sons
3:00 pm: Color Book
5:00 pm: Rising Up at Night
5:30 pm: Amakki

November 11, 2024

5:45 pm: From The Block
6:00 pm: Mystery Movie Monday: Black Harvest Edition
8:15 pm: Albany Road

November 12, 2024

5:45 pm: Parental Guidance
8:15 pm: Black Table

November 13, 2024

6:00 pm: Griots, Ghosts, and Guardians
6:15 pm: Jimmy
8:15 pm: A Yellow Circus
8:30 pm: Black and Blur

November 14, 2024

5:45 pm: Disco Afrika
6:00 pm: The Debutantes
8:15 pm: It was All A Dream
8:30 pm: Hoodoos and Heirlooms

November 15, 2024

5:45 pm: Griots, Ghosts, and Guardians
6:00 pm: Dirty 30s
8:15 pm: The Weekend
8:30 pm: From The Block

November 16, 2024

2:00 pm: Native Sons
3:00 pm: Amakki
4:30 pm: For Colored Girls
5:30 pm: Jimmy
7:30 pm: Color Book
8:30 pm: Presentation: An_Evening_W/_Osadolor

November 17, 2024

12:00 pm: In Living Memory and Having A Ball! with The House of Avant Garde
12:15 pm: Rising Up at Night
2:15 pm: Parental Guidance
2:30 pm: Black Table
5:15 pm: Nickel Boys

November 18, 2024

6:00 pm: Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
6:15 pm: It Was All A Dream
8:15 pm: A Love Supreme
8:30 pm: The Black Sea

November 19, 2024

6:15 pm: Sonic Constellations
8:30 pm: Black and Blur

November 20, 2024

5:45 pm: Disco Afrika
6:00 pm: For The Fam
8:15 pm: Hoodoos and Heirlooms

November 21, 2024

7:00 pm: Closing Night: Annihilation of Fish

Date: November 8-21, 2024

Location: Gene Siskel Film Center - 164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601

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