Please join us for a screening of THE CHI (episode 108) followed by a Q&A with Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine.
Moderated by Kyla Marshell
SYNOPSIS
On Chicago's south side, an average day finds kids prepping for school as their parents head off to work, young adults trying to make a living, and the elders keeping an eye on things from their front porches. But in this tough neighborhood, real dangers threaten daily to squelch dreams, and the simplest decisions can have life or death consequences. From Emmy® winner Lena Waithe, The Chi is a timely coming-of-age drama series centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.
PANELIST BIO
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine - Actor
He is a dual citizen of Uganda and America, working in photography, theatre, film and television. TV acting credits include recurring roles on the The Knick, Treme, Heroes, and guest starring roles on The Newsroom, Lethal Weapon, Madam Secretary and Bones. Feature film acting credits include Mira Nair's "Queen of Katwe" and "Blood Diamond" opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, to name a few. Theatre acting credits include leading roles at The Public Theater, The Steppenwolf Theatre, The Kennedy Center, The Lincoln Center and Center Theatre Group; Playwriting credits include Biro, which held its U.S premiere at The Public Theatre in New York where it made the New York Times Critics Pick List. Biro also premiered in Uganda, London, Toronto, Los Angeles, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Seattle and Zimbabwe. His photographic work has been featured in Vanity Fair and exhibited at Mojo Gallery Dubai, Blue Sky Gallery, The United Nations, Rush Arts Gallery, the UCLA Fowler Museum, The Latino Art Museum, and has been featured on HBO’s Six Feet Under.
Mwine received his MFA in Acting from New York University and completed studies at The Moscow Arts Theatre in Russia, The Royal National Theatre in London and The University of Virginia. Ntare is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California (USC). He has also taught at Yale University and has taught theatre and film artists in more than a dozen countries in Africa.
