Community Film Workshop’s 50 Years of Chicago Women in Film

To honor Women’s History Month, Arts + Public Life will present an evening of films from alumnae of the legendary Community Film Workshop of Chicago (CFWC). This year, CFWC is celebrating 50 years of building independent film institutions where thousands of people of color, including many women, got their start as camera operators, editors, producers, and the technical crews on television, commercials, feature films, and independent media projects. Watch the award-winning film The G Force from CFWC alum Pamela Anderson Sherrod, and new work by emerging women filmmakers Natalie Battles, Melanie Brezill, Devorah Crable, Susan Carlotta Ellis, and Safiya James. Following the screening, CFW director Margaret Caples will moderate a discussion with all the filmmakers.