60th Chicago International Film Festival features films highlighting the Black experience

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60th Chicago International Film Festival features films highlighting the Black experience

One film, based on the works of the late playwright August Wilson, is produced by Denzel Washington and stars his son, John David Washington, and is directed and written by another son, Malcolm Washington. It’s like a family affair, with Denzel behind the scenes. I was able to attend a press screening of “The Piano […]

Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

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