Life within the Lens

Opens February 19

The Music Box Theatre invites everyone to “Life Within the Lens”, a celebration of Black Chicago filmmakers. This short film screening will feature so... Read more

Richard Pryor: Here and Now

Opens February 1

This high-voltage concert film shot in New Orleans, features the sensational Richard Pryor in his prime. Doing some of his most innovative material, P... Read more

The Woman King

Opens February 23

The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with s... Read more

Barbershop

A smart comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin (Ice Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his... Read more

Eve's Bayou

Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), discovers that her family's affluent existen... Read more

The Last Dragon

Feel The Glow with Barry Gordy's THE LAST DRAGON! Martial arts student, Leroy Green (Taimak), is on a quest to obtain the elusive all-powerful force k... Read more

Love Jones

Two urban African-Americans, Darius (Larenz Tate), an aspiring writer, and Nina (Nia Long), an aspiring photographer, share an instant connection afte... Read more

Malcolm X

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b... Read more