Presented by Kennedy-King College and the Chicago Local Organizing Committee for the 2006 National Hip-Hop Political Convention, this series of screenings, lectures, and panel discussions continues Friday through Sunday, January 13 through 15, at Kennedy-King College, 6800 S. Wentworth. For more information visit www.chiloc.com/events.html.
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Columbia College graduates Carl Seaton and Kenny Young scripted this intense and intelligent drama about responsibility and relationships. A young man (Young) preparing for his wedding learns from the partner-notification program of a local health clinic that his former lover is HIV-positive. As he waits for the results of his own test, he debates how and when to tell his fiancee and discovers that his slacker buddy (Eric Lane) faces the same situation. The taut and cleverly structured screenplay makes every conversation and event gain in significance as time passes but also includes welcome moments of outright hilarity, as well as acute observations of young, black urban professionals. This is a work with the courage of its convictions–independent filmmaking at its best. Seaton directed. R, 97 min. (Alissa Simon) A discussion will follow the screening. (Dunham Theatre, 3 PM)
DL Chronicles
The first installment of a four-part documentary about the popularity of hip-hop among white listeners. Writer-director-producer Lexx Luger will answer questions after the screening. (International Hall, 6 PM)
Six- and seven-hour programs of shorts and features, including 50 Cent/Refuse 2 Die: The Unauthorized Biography (81 min.), Michael Shahih’s drama When the Smoke Clears (72 min.), and Rusty Cundieff’s hip-hop mockumentary Fear of a Black Hat (1993, 88 min.). (Classroom 4, Dunham Theatre, Lecture Hall 2W89, noon)
Greater Chicagoland Hip-Hop General Assembly
Civil rights presentation
