This festival of films and videos by black artists from around the world continues Friday through Sunday, August 27 through 29, at the Film Center, Art Institute, Columbus Drive at Jackson. Tickets are $7, $3 for Film Center members. For more information call 312-443-3737.
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Roberto Bangura’s 1997 first feature captures the turmoil of adolescence and the social chaos of Britain in the early 70s. Thirteen-year-old Jacqueline (Joanna Ward) lives with her abusive white mother but has never known her black father; an excellent runner, she’s pushed to excel by a sympathetic coach, who says her brains are in her feet. A busy camera and intrusive rock tunes convey Jack’s unstable sense of herself–full of contradictions, she takes cigarette breaks during her runs–but when her mother turns soft and cuddly, I was incredulous. (FC) (6:00)
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