FILM SCREENING, Filmmaker Intro: RESISTANCE, Resistance: The Battle Of Philadelphia, FILMMAKER Q & A with M. ASLI DUKAN, A LOVE LETTER TO THE ANCESTORS FROM CHICAGO

Resistance: The Battle Of Philadelphia

Resistance: The Battle of Philadelphia is a six-part, short-form, speculative fiction web series about a clandestine collective of residents who mobilize to resist the pervasive surveillance and the repressive state violence of a powerful corporate government in a near future Philadelphia.

Inspired by films like Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames (1983), Ivan Dixon/Sam Greenlee’s The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973) and Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers (1967), the series also subverts the dystopian genre to construct a complex and historically rich narrative about the struggle for justice and liberation.

FILMMAKER Q & A with M. ASLI DUKAN

FILMMAKER Q & A with M. ASLI DUKAN

A LOVE LETTER TO THE ANCESTORS FROM CHICAGO

A 13-minute Afrofuturist short film and ode to from the city's South Side residents. Synergizing dance styles through the surreal, this short demonstrates that rhythm bridges all times and spaces. Directed by Afrofuturism author Ytasha L. Womack, the film celebrates the narrative of freestyle dance, house music culture, and dance as a language in the African Diaspora and beyond. A Love Letter to the Ancestors From Chicago is a part of the Bar Star City project and made its debut at Afrotopia in Bristol, England.

FILM SCREENING

AFROFUTURISM: OUR FUTURE MATTERS 

Filmmaker Intro: RESISTANCE

M. Asli Dukan introduces her RESISTANCE series