Against the Current (film screening): Illuminating Black Resistance in Illinois
Spurlock Museum Auditorium
Event Type: Film Screening
Attend a special Black History Month screening of Asif Wilson's latest documentary film, Against the Current. In the film, Kyla, a high school senior and community organizer journeys across the state of Illinois in search of ways that Black people have resisted oppression across time. Drawing on interviews and archival research, 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.
- February 11, 2026
- 5:30-7:30 pm
- Spurlock Museum Auditorium (600 S. Gregory)
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1981542815904?aff=oddtdtcreator
Questions: Contact Asif Wilson, ajwilso1@illinois.edu
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact: Asif Wilson
ajwilso1@illinois.edu
Sponsor: Social Studies Network