DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis tells the history of Chicago’s African-American community as never before – through the voices of its leading citizens, scholars, artists, politicians, and business leaders. Filmmaker Barbara Allen will be on hand to take us on a journey inside Black Chicago
Explore historical moments of triumph and challenge, and celebrate the [...]

My Father the Luo is the story of self-discovery told about two people mojojciecluowhose genetic history spans nations, race and culture. The main story line portrays the experience of Roma Ndolo of Germany, whose mother is from Poland and whose father is from Kenya. Filmed during the time of the Democratic National Convention, 2008, when Barak Obama is named a candidate for President of the United States, a parallel narrative about the candidate who has a Hawaiian mother and a Kenyan father, echoes the multicultural experience. October 15, 2009 7pm Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, 104 17th Ave. S.