May 12, 2023
HONOR STUDENT – NEW YORK PREMIERE
Saturday, May 20 continues our Double Feature Frenzy with Tamika Miller’s riveting drama that will have you on the edge of your seat the entire time!
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May 6, 2023
IN THE WEEDS – WORLD PREMIERE
The Friday Nite Spotlight features Doug E. Doug’s memorable performance in this magical fantasy shot mainly in Harlem and the Bronx in the aftermath of the pandemic.
May 4, 2023
RUN THE WORLD SEASON 2 – WORLD PREMIERE
This year’s Friday Nite Spotlight begins with the premiere of Season 2 of STARZ Award-winning series on Friday, May 19 at 7 PM.
May 3, 2023
PARIS IS IN HARLEM – OPENING NIGHT!
Award-winning three-time Alum Christina Kallas is back with the Manhattan Premiere of the final chapter of her “Gun Trilogy” in a night of tribute to Sam Hargress, the late owner of Paris Blues.
May 3, 2023
BLOW UP MY LIFE KICKS OFF OPENING NIGHT!
The New York Premiere of Ryan Dickie & Abigail Horton’s wild comedy-adventure stars Jason Selvig, Davram Steifler, Reema Sampat and Harlem’s own Kara Young.
April 22, 2023
MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY CENTER SPRING BENEFIT – APRIL 22
In 2005, documentary film pioneer Albert Maysles founded the Maysles Documentary Center – an intimate cinema and event space in central Harlem that is home to an education program offering filmmaking opportunities to young people from the neighborhood.
October 16, 2022
VOODOO MACBETH OPENS IN NEW YORK CITY!
Before Citizen Kane and the War of the Worlds, leading Broadway actress Rose McClendon and producer John Houseman convinced a gifted but untested 20-year-old Orson Welles to direct Shakespeare’s Macbeth with an all-Black cast in Harlem’s Lafayette Theater.
December 1, 2011
Screening Commemorates Heavy D and City College 9
With the upcoming twenty-year anniversary of the City College 9 and in light of the recent loss of Heavy D, the Harlem International Film Festival presents Jason Swain's 9 LIVES for the final Hi Wednesdays screening of 2011. With the untimely passing of Heavy D this...
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