Center for Documentary Research and Practice

AfroFutures: Black Women and Cinematic Storytelling

AfroFutures explores the role of cinema as a mode of storytelling for Black women, focused on the role of visual art in crafting disparate stories of Pan-African and African American women. Often marginalized and disenfranchised in visual and cinematic culture, this four-film series centers the stories and creative contributions of Black women as critical both to cultural and artistic global development. AfroFutures is presented in partnership with the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, the Center for Documentary Research and Practice, The Media School, and the Black Film Center & Archive. It is supported by the Black Philanthropy Circle and the Women's Philanthropy Leadership Council. The films are screening at the IU Cinema: Mami Wata, February 4, 7pm, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, February 11, 7pm, Milisuthando, February 18, 7pm, and Earth Mama, February 25, 7pm.