The BLACK DOCUMENTARY COLLECTIVE celebrates 10 year!
We celebrated our partnership with The Black Documentary Collective during their 10th Anniversary with a rare screening of BDC founder St. Clair Bourne’s “The Black and the Green” on June 9th. Bourne’s timely 1983 documentary chronicled the journey of five black American activists on a fact-finding trip to [...]
(MORE)Our new partnership with NEWFEST is a smash hit!
We entered a new partnership on June 7th with NEWFEST, the film festival of the LGBT community. With a screening of “Children of God” by Bahamian director Kareem Mortimer, we had to turn away over 40 people because of the demand. I think it’s safe to say [...]
I picked up the Times today to see that noted African American poet Lucille Clifton died. Ms. Clifton came to my attention through the work of another gifted poet and performer, Sekou Sundiata, who passed in 2007. Sekou created one of his most moving works using the title of one of Clifton’s celebrated poems blessing [...]
(MORE)Two weeks ago we screened a film by Pete Chatmon with our partners, the Black Documentary Collective. This extraordinary film was looked at a piece of American history we are all too deprived of. As I sat there watching, two things were swirling in my mind and heart – the pain of the legacy of [...]
(MORE)Welcome back from Labor Day, everyone! I trust you had some fun in the beautiful weather. Like you, it’s back to work for us here at Harlem Stage this week, as we begin our fall programming tonight (Sept. 9) with the screening of “La Onda Chicana” (“The Chicano Wave”), part of our long-established Harlem Stage [...]
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