Ashwin Chaudhary won Best Documentary Director at the 2023 Harlem International Film Festival for capturing the incredible, true and inspirational story of painter Justin Wadlington. On Amazon Prime starting October 6th.
Filmmaker Eliane Henri premieres her intimate portrait HARGROVE in Shibuya, Japan. The must-see film was an official selection in Harlem in 2023 and now begins its international distribution in Japan.
If you missed it at the 2021 Harlem International Film Festival, you can now watch YOUTH v GOV on Netflix just in time to celebrate this historic legal outcome and move ahead to the next step in this important fight for climate justice and securing a clean and healthy world for all our children for generations to come!
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.
Join us in celebrating award-winning artist Lonnie Holley’s 73rd birthday with a special global screening of Thumbs Up for Mother Universe, which won Best Documentary at Harlem International in 2020.
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.
Following its world premiere at Harlem International in 2021, 100 Years From Mississippi had a successful festival run, taking home five more Best Documentary honors as well as several Audience and Fan Favorite awards.
We got back from our seasonal break to the news that COOGAN’S WAY was nominated for a NY Emmy! We were so glad to host the world premiere on opening night last year as the first festival to go live in-person in 2021 and we were even happier when it received our Audience Award. Congratulations to the entire Coogan’s team for this achievement and helping to commemorate Coogan’s legacy in uptown history.