Black Light Cinema Project” opened July 7 at the South Side Community Art Center with a focus on belonging, home, archival materials, and the self. The topic of identity saturates both galleries, although with different content, allowing them to juxtapose one another while working in unison.
In a five-minute documentary entitled Beneath The Surface, cai thomas looks at Trina Reynolds-Tyler, the data director at the Invisible Institute, and her work on gender-based police violence in Chicago. The film shows shots of protests and research, while Reynolds-Tyler discusses feelings of isolation, narrative justice, and how she’s aiming to uncover and expose the data and the truth behind these stories.