Against the Current Film Screening -University of Illinois

Join us for an exciting in-person screening of Against the Current, a documentary gnshort by Joshua Jackson and Asif Wilson.

February 11, 2026

5:30-7:30 p.m.

Spurlock Museum Auditorium

Free and Open to the Public

Synopsis: Kyla, a high school senior and community organizer in Chicago, journeys across the state of Illinois in search of ways that Black people have resisted oppression across time. She travels to Chicago, Robbins, New Philadelphia, and Cairo to speak with key figures that reveal important stories and sources of Black resistance in Illinois across time and place. The film illuminates Black resistance in Illinois and throughout the world in hopes of inspiring others to remember the past and reimagine their role(s) in shaping the future.

Sponsored by: the Social Studies Network, The Spurlock Museum, Humanities Research Institute, OUR Tech, and the Forum on the Future of Public Education.

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.

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