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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Front entrance of the Block Museum of Art.

Block Museum presents “Wilmington 10 — USA 10,000” in screening event

February 21, 2022

Filmmaker Haile Gerima’s 1979 film “Wilmington 10 — USA 10,000” came to the Block Museum of Art for a screening event Friday. The film was accompanied by an introduction and Q&A with University...

The exterior of The Block Museum of Art

“Terra Femme” filmmaker Courtney Stephens holds live documentary-performance at Block

February 14, 2022

Filmmaker Courtney Stephens’ “Terra Femme” came to The Block Museum of Art Friday in a live documentary-performance format. “Terra Femme” is an all-archival film comprised of amateur travel...

In a dimly-lit, purple-hued room, two people sit together on a bench and look at two screens.

Sky Hopinka’s “Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer” exhibition reckons with colonial violence, highlights Indigenous resistance

October 5, 2021

Artist Sky Hopinka, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and a descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, wanted to find a way to weave together the history of his family and the discrimination they...

The Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Dr. Artist Fox Maxy screened three of his short films in an event hosted by the museum.

Artist Fox Maxy discusses land and Indigenous people in his short films

November 11, 2020

Artist Fox Maxy screened three of his short films to an online audience last week through an event organized by The Block Museum of Art and NU’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research. In...

The Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Dr. Artist Fox Maxy screened three of his short films in an event hosted by the museum.

Block Museum screens “Badnam Basti,” considered first LGBTQ Indian film

May 7, 2020

The Block Museum of Art livestreamed the Hindi film “Badnam Basti” on Thursday, which depicts one of the first LGBTQ relationships in Indian cinematic history and was previously thought to be lost....

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