The tenth edition of the annual festival of black independent film continues from Friday, August 2, through Sunday, August 18, at the Film Center, Art Institute, Columbus Drive at Jackson; the DuSable Museum of African American History, 56th Place and Cottage Grove; and Facets Multimedia Center, 1517 W. Fullerton. Tickets are $5, with discounts available to Blacklight and Film Center members. For more information call 509-2981.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3
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CISSY HOUSTON: SWEET INSPIRATION and MAXINE SULLIVAN: LOVE TO BE IN LOVE Two musical documentaries–the first a portrait of the popular gospel singer by Dave Davidson (1987), the second a profile of the famous jazz vocalist by Greta Schiller (1990). (Film Center, 3:30)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4
NEW YORK: THE SECRET AFRICAN CITY and UNDER AFRICAN SKIES: MALI Two English TV programs by Mark Kidel, both to be shown on video. In New York: The Secret African City (1989), Yale professor Robert Farris Thompson discusses black religion and culture in New York; Under African Skies: Mali (1989) focuses on the Malian musician Kassemedy Diabete. (DuSable Museum, 7:00)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7
PORT CHICAGO MUTINY and RAP CITY RHAPSODY Two hour-long documentaries. The first, narrated by Danny Glover, concerns an accidental military explosion in 1944 that killed 320 men, 202 of them black, and the ensuing mutiny and trial of 50 black sailors who refused to load ammunition under the dangerous conditions that caused it. The second, by Akili Buchanan, is about rap and race (1990). (DuSable Museum, 9:00)
