Film News: Chicago’s 2018 Black Harvest Film Festival Closes with ‘Fear of a Black Hat’

Submitted by PatrickMcD [1] on August 29, 2018 - 4:14pm

CHICAGO – The month long celebration that is the 2018 Black Harvest Film Festival is coming to a close on August 30th with a special revival screening of 1993’s “Fear of a Black Hat.” The ahead-of-its-time hip hop “mockumentary” chronicles the misadventures of the group NWH. Director Rusty Cundieff will make an appearance of behalf of the film’s 25th Anniversary. Over its run, the Black Harvest Film Festival featured a cornucopia of African American themed features and shorts celebrating stories, dreams, history and legacy.

Director Rusty Cundieff Also Portrayed ‘Ice Cold’ in “Fear of a Black Hat’
Photo credit: Black Harvest Film Festival

The Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has presented cutting edge cinema, both as a vital part of the school’s offerings and as a continuous celebration of the cinema for the general public. The Film Center’s programming includes specialized film festivals (like Black Harvest), trailblazing work by today’s independent filmmakers, restorations and revivals of essential films from cinema history, and discussions with filmmakers and media artists.

The 24th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival Closing Night film is “Fear of a Black Hat,” on August 30th, 2018. All films in the fest are screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 North State Street, Chicago. For more information about the festival, click here. [18]

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