Black Cinema House Live

Rebuild Foundation

Funding Received: 2011
Chicago, IL
$125,000
Funding Period: 1 year and 5 months
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Black Cinema House hosts screenings and discussions of films by and about people of the African diaspora, and offers video classes to neighborhood youth, teaching the next generation to make their own films and tell their own stories. The first iteration of Black Cinema House was originally located across the street from the Archive and Listening Houses on Dorchester Ave. However, due to the limited capacity of this venue, in the fall of 2014 Black Cinema House migrated to its new home at 7200 S. Kimbark (formerly an Anheuser-Busch distribution facility). Black Cinema House is outfitted with state of the art A/V technology as well as an Eastman 16mm projector.

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See below for recent updates, press, and events from this project

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Jul 24, 2015
The Dixon Elementary public school located on Chicago’s South Side is without question one of the most unique public schools in the country. The teachers... Read More
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May 2, 2015
Yvonne Welbon can genuinely be called one of the true pioneers and forces in independent black cinema. For nearly 25 years starting with her first... Read More
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Jan 15, 2015
A member of the British period instrument classical music ensemble, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and a chamber player and soloist as well,... Read More
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Jan 15, 2015
A member of the British period instrument classical music ensemble, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and a chamber player and soloist as well,... Read More
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Rebuild Foundation, an art and culture based nonprofit organization founded and led by artist Theaster Gates Jr., is currently reactivating an abandoned two story home... Read More
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Internationally renowned artist Theaster Gates is using his ArtPlace grant to repurpose a two story, mixed-use building in Chicago into Live/Work space for film- and... Read More
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Internationally renowned artist Theaster Gates is using his ArtPlace grant to repurpose a two story, mixed-use building in Chicago into Live/Work space for film- and... Read More
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Internationally renowned artist Theaster Gates is using his ArtPlace grant to repurpose a two story, mixed-use building in Chicago into Live/Work space for film- and... Read More
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Internationally-renowned artist Theaster Gates brings art and culture at an intimate scale to Chicago’s South Side on Dorchester. Reimagining small houses to create new “spots”... Read More