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Film News: Chicago’s 2018 Black Harvest Film Festival Closes with ‘Fear of a Black Hat’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 29, 2018 - 3:14pmCHICAGO – 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.
Interview: Film Director Jeremy Kruse on the Screening of ‘Flüffenhaus’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 16, 2009 - 9:18amCHICAGO – Jeremy Kruse is a major part of Chicago’s vibrant film scene. The actor and writer has made a big splash with his short films, and now directs Emily Skyle’s “Fluffenhaus: The Comeback of a Pop Icon,” with an screening here September 17th.