Damien Chazelle opens the Festival with his breakout hit, La La Land, and Lifetime and Career Achievement honors are bestowed on director Peter Bogdanovich and actress Geraldine Chaplin, respectively; directors Alfonso Arau and Pablo Larraín also receive honors. The Festival celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Black Perspectives program with a tribute to Steve McQueen, a conversation with Taraji P. Henson, and a screening of Moonlight, featuring appearances by director Barry Jenkins, writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, and stars André Holland and Naomi Harris. Director Julie Dash attends with a retrospective screening of her classic Daughters Of The Dust, Danny Glover appears with his 93 DAYS, and documentary filmmaker Sam Pollard brings his Two Trains Runnin’ to Chicago.
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