OTV and Slo'Mo Party have reunited for an Afterglow to remember in the clouds.

After the Beyond the Screen Convening ends at MCA Chicago, let your hair down and twirl over to Cerise Rooftop at Virgin Hotel to continue the celebration and cheers to 10 years in style. All ticket holders of Beyond the Screen get access to the Afterglow.

Hosted by: Slo'Mo Party and Party Mom Kristen Kaza

Sounds by: Mister Wallace, Icey Bby, Cqqchifruit, and DJ Kiah

Performances by: Darling Shear and Miss Angelíca Grace

Afterglow: The Gathering w/ Slo'Mo Party is generously amplified by Twenty43 Ventures—a creative impact studio and investment company reimagining how culture, capital, and community converge.

About Twenty43 Ventures:

Twenty43 Ventures is an interdisciplinary impact investment opportunity dedicated to empowering Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) creatives. We’re reshaping the media landscape by injecting funds into TV, film, theatre, and beyond, helping marginalized artists generate wealth from their intellectual property. Our mission is to create new centers of creativity, shifting power from the margins to the mainstream.

About Open Television (OTV):

Open Television is a non-profit streaming platform and media incubator for intersectional storytelling, with artists and their creative visions at the center. Since launching in 2015 as a research project housed at Northwestern University, OTV has transformed the way the film and television industry supports independent artists and communities marginalized by their race, gender, sexuality, class, disability or nationality. Through intentional artist development and holistic community development, the award-winning organization provides a network of care to identify, activate and mobilize the next generation of storytellers. In addition to serving as a streaming home (#OTVapp) for hundreds of intersectional pilots, series, short films and video art, OTV presents an annual fellowship (#OTVFellows), hosts an educational workshop series (#OTVStudyHall), and mounts an internationally recognized film competition (#BraveFutures).

About Slo'Mo Party:

Slo ‘Mo is Chicago’s party for lovers, uniting LGBTQ+ family with joy generating events since 2011. From club nights to concerts to comedy, Slo ‘Mo aims to create spaces that are affirming, intergenerational and uplift local queer creatives and community.

Afterglow: The Gathering w/ Slo'Mo Party

Continue the Celebration from Beyond the Screen on Cerise Rooftop