The ninth edition of the annual festival of black independent film continues from Friday, August 10, through Sunday, August 12, at the Film Center, Art Institute, Columbus Drive at Jackson. Tickets are $5, $3 for Blacklight, Film Center, and Jazz Institute members. For more information call 509-2981 or 443-3737.
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STEEL BANDS FROM TRINIDAD and SHADOW: THE BASSMAN A Caribbean double bill: Daniel Verba and Jean-Jacques Mrejen’s French documentary about carnival time in Trinidad and Tobago (1988), and Albert Bailey’s English documentary about the social roots and recent developments of calypso (1989). Both films are about an hour long. (6:00)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11
OTHELLO Ted Lange stars and makes his directorial debut in this adaptation of a stage production of the Shakespeare play featuring black actors in the roles of Othello, Iago (Hawthorne James), and Emilia. (1989). (3:30)
