Block Cinema is dedicated to encounter, exchange, and learning through the art of the moving image.
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Upcoming Screenings
Jun117 PM
Origins / Departures - Documentary Media MFA Showcase 2025
Through June 12
Across two nights, the 2025 Documentary Media MFA Showcase screenings present the ongoing cinematic explorations of Xiaolu Wang 王晓璐, Seunghee Chang, Blair Barnes, Gríma Irmudóttir, Shawn Antoine II, and Blake Knecht.
Jun276 PM
KANENON:WE (ORIGINAL SEEDS, 2024) Featuring presentation by Dr. Rebecca Webster
Evanston's Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum presents this short documentary featuring three Indigenous women who are stepping back into their sacred responsibility as seed keepers, followed by a presentation by featured seedkeeper Dr. Rebecca Webster.
"We’re very conscious of the valuable role that university cinemas like ours can play in the ecosystem of non-theatrical film. We look for opportunities to support and showcase the work of distributors who are expanding access to adventurous cinema, archives that are preserving endangered cinematic legacies and scholars and filmmakers who are promoting a more inclusive film culture.
We try to act as a conduit between that international community of passionate cinema workers, and diverse local communities at Northwestern and beyond, who see cinema as a way to encounter the world and exchange ideas."
– Michael Metzger, Pick-Laudati Curator of Media Arts, Block Museum
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