According to George and Christovale the notion of the “Black Radical Imagination stemmed from a series of discussions around the boundaries and limitations that are historically given to people of color in the realm of the cinematic”.
As a result they created an international touring program of “visual shorts that delve into the worlds of new media, video art, and experimental narrative. Focusing on new stories within the Diaspora, each artist contributes their own vision of post-modern society through the state of current black culture. An artistic movement and school of thought, Black Radical imagination focuses on aesthetics of futurism, surrealism, and the magnificent through the context of cinema”.
Now after screenings in Los Angeles, Oakland, Boston, Basel Switzerland, and other cities the series, along with a dialogue with filmmakers, comes to Chicago on Thursday Feb. 27 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr. from 6-8PM.