Embarras Valley Film Festival, November 2-4, 2016: Film Cuture and Civil Rights in Illinois

For All the World to See: 

Film Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Illinois

NOVEMBER 2nd-4th

 

Wednesday, November 2

Chi Raq (2015)

6:30 p.m.

Introduction by Kevin Anderson

Coleman Hall Auditorium

4^th Street

Charleston, IL

Thursday, November 3

Student Film Contest

Screening and Awards

3:30 p.m.

Coleman Hall Auditorium

Friday, November 4

Between Two Rivers (2012)

4:00 p.m.

Coleman Hall Auditorium

 

Join us November 2-4, 2016 as EVFF showcases civil rights in Illinois. Our theme, "For All the World to See II: Film Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights," expands on the Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights exhibit and program in Eastern's Booth Library: http://www.library.eiu.edu/exhibits/civilrights/.

The festival includes afternoon and evening film screenings with introductions by film studies professors and film critics and a short film competition emphasizing work by young filmmakers.

Funding is provided in part by the City of Charleston Tourism Fund. Other Festival co-sponsors are the Coles County Arts Council and Booth Library, EIU.

The complete schedule of events may be found at castle.eiu.edu/evff/.