About this Event
Black Coffee Table | Stories, Space & Belonging
Who gets to tell our stories? Who decides where we belong? And what does it mean to claim space for ourselves?
As part of Black Coffee Table, a four-day gathering celebrating Black art, design, literature, and community, Black Film Club Collective presents two documentary screenings honoring the intellectual and creative legacies of Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison.
Across two evenings, we explore the work of two extraordinary Black women whose writing, cultural criticism, and imagination continue to shape how we understand identity, memory, home, and belonging.
Thursday, November 19 | 6:15 PM
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
A portrait of the groundbreaking writer, folklorist, and anthropologist whose commitment to documenting Black life challenged conventional ideas of whose stories deserve to be preserved. Through her research and writing, Hurston insisted on the beauty, complexity, and cultural significance of everyday Black experiences.
Saturday, November 21 | 6:00 PM
The Foreigner's Home | Toni Morrison
Inspired by Toni Morrison's 2006 exhibition at the Louvre, The Foreigner's Home examines race, displacement, identity, and the meaning of home. Through Morrison's conversations with artists and archival material, the film considers the power of art to challenge boundaries and imagine new possibilities for belonging.
More Than a Screening
These films invite us to consider storytelling as an act of preservation, imagination, and self-definition.
Join us at the table to experience cinema as a space for curiosity, reflection, and connection.
Location: Monday Coffee
3243 W. 16th St., Chicago, IL
About Black Coffee Table
November 19–22, Black Coffee Table brings together literature, design, art, and community across four days of cultural exploration and exchange. Hosted at Monday Coffee, the gathering reimagines the bookstore as a space for collective discovery, experimentation, and meaningful connection.
The stories that raised us, and the homes we built.
RSVPs are now open. Join us at the table.
Event venue & nearby stays
Monday Coffee Co, 3243 W 16th St, Chicago, United States
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