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Arts & Culture, Feature Aug 22, 2018
The maverick behind the camera

African-American photojournalist Dorrell Creightney and his work have faded into memory—until now.
- By Dave Hoekstra
- Tags: Feature, Dorrell Creightney, photography, photographers, photojournalists, photojournalism, Vanessa Stokes, Samantha Creightney, Howard Simmons, Ebony, Jet, Chicago Sun-Times, Tom Zamiar, Tom Burrell, Burrell Communications, John H. Johnson, Plugged Nickel, jazz, Chester Sheard, Chicago Defender, Downbeat, Floyd Webb, Photography Unlimited, Dorrell Creightney Photography, 29 W. Hubbard, Vivian Creightney, Victoria Lee, Maxine Creightney

Film, Movie Review Jul 25, 2018
‘Afro-Futurism Short Films’ dips into the cultural wellspring that fed Black Panther

Floyd Web of Black World Cinema curated this program of African-themed sci-fi and fantasy
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Movie Review, Afro-Futurist Short Films, Black Panther, University of Chicago Doc Films, Blade movie, Wesley Snipes, Space Is the Place, Sun Ra, Chicago Filmmakers, Floyd Webb, Black World Cinema, Blake, or the Huts of America, Martin Delany, W.E.B. Dubois

Film, Fall Preview Sep 13, 2017
Chicago Filmmakers and the Ridge Firehouse: A match made in heaven

The local indie cinema organization throws open the doors on its new home in October.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Fall Preview, Chicago Filmmakers, Edgewater Chicago, James Bond projectionist, Brenda Webb, Harry Osterman, Floyd Webb, Black World Cinema, Chatham 14 Chicago, Uptown Chicago, BlackLight Film Festival, Adele Friedman, Jon Jost, Senn High School, filmmaking

Blogs, Bleader Dec 25, 2013
The year in movie revivals, P through Z

The final installment of a three-part series on notable repertory screenings of 2013
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Year in Review, Film, Zardoz, revival screenings, Le Pont du Nord, Jacques Rivette, Gene Siskel Film Center, Portrait of Jason, Music Box Theatre, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Shirley Clarke, Jason Holliday, Black Cinema House, Reeling Film Festival, Cat Film Festival, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago Film Archives, Joyce Wieland, Shura the 48th Ronin, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Doc Films, Pandemonium, Toshio Matsumoto, Funeral Parade of Roses, Mary Pickford, Sparrows, Christel Schmidt, Mary Pickford Queen of the Movies, Mary Patten, Tess, Roman Polanski, DCP, Richard Fleischer, The Vikings, Violent Saturday, Noir City, John Boorman, Portage Theater, Patio Theater, Floyd Webb, Top of the Heap, Christopher St. John

Blogs, Bleader Sep 20, 2013
My full interview with longtime Chicago film programmer Floyd Webb

The creator of Blacklight Cinema, a Chicago film festival that ran from 1982 to 1995, reminisces about the history of black underground filmmaking and his own "adventures in cinema."
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Art House, Film, History, Floyd Webb, Top of the Heap, Fall Arts Preview, Blacklight Cinema, Playboy Theater, Sandburg Theater, Faces of Women, Desire Ecare, Return of Blacklight Cinema, Community Film Workshop of Chicago, Truck Turner, black cinema, National Film Theatre, South Shore High School, Black Filmmakers Collective, Warrington Hudlin, Black Expo, blaxploitation, The Murder of Fred Hampton, Fred Hampton, Englewood, Hugh Robinson, Midnight Cowboy, Richard Peña, School of the Art Institute, South Shore Film Festival, Omar Kaihatsu, Fine Arts Theater, World Playhouse, DuSable Museum, Facets Multimedia, Soft Sheen Products, Ed Gardner, St. Clair Bourne, Harold Washington, Fred Fine, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago City Arts Council, Gordon Parks, Christopher St. John, Berlin Film Festival, Ganja and Hess, Bill Gunn, Fanfare Studios, Cannes Film Festival, Kristoff St. John, Chicago Filmmakers

Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2013
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Getting personal in the theater, and the rest of this week's movies

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 13 and 19
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Opening, Film, Movies, Short Term 12, review, Riddick, Drew Hunt, Faces of Women, Blacklight Cinema, Floyd Webb, Fall Arts Preview, Beyond the Hill, Turkish cinema, Ximena Cuevas, Conversations at the Edge, Gene Siskel Film Center, Music Box Theatre, Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, Massacre, pre-Code cinema, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Patio Theater, The Muslims Are Coming!, Populaire, A Teacher, Facets Multimedia, John Ford, Straight Shooting, The Swimmer, Burt Lancaster, Angels With Dirty Faces, The Chase, Arthur Ripley, Joseph H. Lewis, Gun Crazy, Francois Truffaut, The Green Room, Nostalghia, Andrei Tarkovsky, Josef von Sternberg, Underworld, Docks of New York, Northbrook Public Library, Video

Film, Fall Preview Sep 12, 2013
A rare film from the blaxploitation era

After a decades-long search, programmer Floyd Webb brings Top of the Heap to Black Cinema House.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Fall Arts, Top of the Heap, Fanfare Films, Born Losers, Execution Squad, Christopher St. John, Shaft, blaxploitation, Yale Repertory Theater, Actors Studio, Ingmar Bergman, Wild Strawberries, Floyd Webb, Black Cinema House, Blacklight Cinema, Berlin Film Festival

Blogs, Bleader Jul 19, 2013
Black Cinema House on the north and south sides

Previewing two overlapping screenings presented by the south-side film organization
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Foreign, Architecture, Film, Black Cinema House, Chicago Filmmakers, Wend Kuuni, Patrick Keiller, Robinson in Space, Robinson in Ruins, Blacklight Cinema, Floyd Webb, Burkina Faso

Blogs, Bleader Oct 18, 2010
Happy News for Nicole Mitchell

Two of Nicole Mitchell's flutes were stolen last month, but her efforts to recover or replace them have come to a happy end.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Nicole Mitchell, AACM, Mike Reed, Chicago jazz, theft, Floyd Webb

Blogs, Bleader Jul 2, 2009
Video
Blood money

A wronged woman returns to her village for revenge in Djibril Diop Mambety's Senegalese satire of colonialism "Hyenas," screening tonight in the Black World Cinema series at Chatham 14.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Colonialism, Senegal, Djibril Diop Mambety, Hyenas, Joanthan Rosenbaum, Touki Bouki, Black World Cinema, Chatham 14, Floyd Webb, The Search for Count Dante, John Keehan, Dan Kelly, The Visit, Swiss, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Video

News & Politics, Feature Jul 13, 2006
The Life and Death of the Deadliest Man Alive

How a south-side Irish boy came to be Chicago's most notorious martial-arts master
- By Dan Kelly
- Tags: Feature, John Keehan, Black Dragon Fighting Society, martial arts, Count Dante, Floyd Webb, dojo wars

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The maverick behind the camera

African-American photojournalist Dorrell Creightney and his work have faded into memory—until now.

‘Afro-Futurism Short Films’ dips into the cultural wellspring that fed Black Panther

Floyd Web of Black World Cinema curated this program of African-themed sci-fi and fantasy

Chicago Filmmakers and the Ridge Firehouse: A match made in heaven

The local indie cinema organization throws open the doors on its new home in October.

A look back at the great repertory film programming in Chicago in 2014

The year in old movies

The year in movie revivals, P through Z

The final installment of a three-part series on notable repertory screenings of 2013

My full interview with longtime Chicago film programmer Floyd Webb

The creator of Blacklight Cinema, a Chicago film festival that ran from 1982 to 1995, reminisces about the history of black underground filmmaking and his own "adventures in cinema."

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Getting personal in the theater, and the rest of this week's movies

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 13 and 19

A rare film from the blaxploitation era

After a decades-long search, programmer Floyd Webb brings Top of the Heap to Black Cinema House.

Black Cinema House on the north and south sides

Previewing two overlapping screenings presented by the south-side film organization

Happy News for Nicole Mitchell

Two of Nicole Mitchell's flutes were stolen last month, but her efforts to recover or replace them have come to a happy end.

Video
Blood money

A wronged woman returns to her village for revenge in Djibril Diop Mambety's Senegalese satire of colonialism "Hyenas," screening tonight in the Black World Cinema series at Chatham 14.

The Life and Death of the Deadliest Man Alive

How a south-side Irish boy came to be Chicago's most notorious martial-arts master

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African-American photojournalist Dorrell Creightney and his work have faded into memory—until now.

Floyd Web of Black World Cinema curated this program of African-themed sci-fi and fantasy

The local indie cinema organization throws open the doors on its new home in October.

The year in old movies

The final installment of a three-part series on notable repertory screenings of 2013

The creator of Blacklight Cinema, a Chicago film festival that ran from 1982 to 1995, reminisces about the history of black underground filmmaking and his own "adventures in cinema."

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 13 and 19

After a decades-long search, programmer Floyd Webb brings Top of the Heap to Black Cinema House.

Previewing two overlapping screenings presented by the south-side film organization

Two of Nicole Mitchell's flutes were stolen last month, but her efforts to recover or replace them have come to a happy end.

A wronged woman returns to her village for revenge in Djibril Diop Mambety's Senegalese satire of colonialism "Hyenas," screening tonight in the Black World Cinema series at Chatham 14.

How a south-side Irish boy came to be Chicago's most notorious martial-arts master

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