Queen Bess Aviation Film Festival | Chicago Southland

The Queen Bess Centennial Aviation Film Festival honors the first African American and Native American woman to earn a pilot’s license—an icon who broke barriers and inspired generations of aviators. This new  and first in the world aviation film festival brings together film, innovation, and flight.  

A Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River environmental film & music festival on the shores of Lake Michigan, Illinois. A powerful celebration of our Great Lakes environment through the eyes of filmmakers and musicians. An environmental film festival.