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CINEMA AND SANCTUARY WITH MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY CENTER

Experimental Dadaist artist, Hans Richter, escaped Nazi Germany and established the first Documentary School in the US at the City College in Harlem.  If you missed the screening at the Festival in 2022, this special event features several of Richter’s works re-scored by contemporary artists followed by a discussion with filmmaker Dave Davidson.

FULL CIRCLE NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE!

If you missed the film’s North American premiere at the Harlem International Film Festival right before it went on to win our 2021 New York Vision Award, or you just want to watch it again from the comfort of your own home, then now’s your chance.

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.