Deem Symposium 04 → Kahlil Joseph and jada-amina



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Kahlil Joseph and jada-amina








BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (2025)
On the evening of Friday, October 23, the weekend kicked off at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, where guests viewed the museum’s current exhibition, Paris in Black, before a screening of BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (2025). Adapted from filmmaker and artist Kahlil Joseph’s acclaimed video art installation, the film marks his feature directorial debut. Spanning 247 years, it weaves together historical and fictional figures, archival footage, and social media fragments into a sweeping portrait of Black consciousness and diasporic memory. Following the screening, Joseph was in conversation with Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist, curator, and cultural worker jada-amina, discussing his approach to the archive, the mechanics of fragmentation, and the urgent necessity of building institutional models that center Black stories on Black terms.



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