Chicago Underground Film Festival Closing Night: A STRANGER HAS NO EYES
Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Siskel Film Center
screening
The 33rd Chicago Underground Film Festival closes with the World Premiere of A STRANGER HAS NO EYES, an extraordinary new documentary from C.S. Nicholson. A descendant of one of history's most notorious slave traders publicly confronts the legacy of her own family while navigating inherited power, contested land, and the unresolved wounds of colonial violence in contemporary Benin. Structured through mesmerizing Vodun possession ceremonies in which ancestors and the enslaved return to inhabit the living. Director C.S. Nicholson in attendance for post-screening Q&A. 2026, Norway/Benin, 129 mins. In English, Fon, French, and Yoruba with English subtitles. Format: Digital