Spook

CIFF 2024: Compensation, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Save the Children | Festivals & Awards

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In its 28th year of showcasing films at the Chicago International Film Festival, the Black Perspectives Program has put archival classics back on the big screen, giving them the ability to impact new audiences in new ways. With the power of 4K restorative technology, meaning the visual and audio of a film are remastered and … Read more

CIFF 2024: On the Legacy and Importance of The Spook Who Sat by the Door | Festivals & Awards

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“I was doing a soap opera in New York. One day, somebody called me and asked if I could come out to Gary, Indiana,” recalls actor J. A. Preston. “Gary, Indiana? Are you crazy?” The film that would bring Preston to Indiana was director Ivan Dixon’s audacious adaptation of Sam Greenlee’s radical novel “The Spook … Read more