As part of the 19th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival, the Gene Siskel Film Center will be screening Destination: Planet Negro! on August 23 (8:30 pm) and 27 (8:30 pm).
A smart satire that sports a wicked streak of goofball humor, Destination: Planet Negro! has the feel of low-budget 1950s sci-fi, as leaders including W.E.B. DuBois and George Washington Carver kick off a secret plot to solve the “Negro Problem” by way of a rocket ship to Mars. Carrying a crew of three, the spacecraft vaults into a time warp, landing its brave scientists in a present-day Midwestern metropolis, where this comedy takes on the look of a reality show as the astonished adventurers discover unbelievable developments like young men with drooping pants and the election of a black president.
On August 23 the film’s director, Kevin Willmott, as well as actors Tosin Morohunfola and Danielle Cooper will be present for an audience Q&A following the film. Ytasha L. Womack, a filmmaker/screenwriter who is currently working on a book on Afrofuturism, will be in attendance to introduce the film on August 27.
More information about the film as well as the Black Harvest Film Festival can be found on our website at siskelfilmcenter.org/blackharvest2013. Both screenings will be at the Gene Siskel Film Center located on 164 N. State Street, Chicago IL.
Tickets: $11/general admission; $7/students; $6/Film Center members; $4 for students, staff, and faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and staff of the Art Institute of Chicago. All tickets are available at the Gene Siskel Film Center box office. A valid student ID or ARTICard is required for proof of discount. General admission and member tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets for a $2.00 surcharge plus a $3.25 handling fee.
Call Ticketmaster 800.982.2787 to purchase tickets and for a list of outlets.
For more information call 312.846.2800 or visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org
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