August 25, 2026
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SPECIAL SCREENING GIVES CHICAGO AUDIENCES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SEE “MOSES THE BLACK”
Chicago audiences should have had ample opportunity to see Yelena Popovic’s MOSES THE BLACK, a gritty Chicago redemption story inspired by a fourth-century outlaw-turned-saint, during its planned theatrical run during Black History Month earlier this year. Instead, theaters across the country, many in urban communities where the film was expected to resonate most, canceled shortly before release, under pressure to make way for box office failure MELANIA.