Tag Archives: Film

Yolande’s Yard: Mumia, Long Distance Revolutionary (video)

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By Yolande Brener

“There is nothing correctional going on in correctional facilities,” said Mumia Abu-Jamal. “You cannot correct people by putting them in a box and denying them every so-called right that is entitled to every person.” Continue reading

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HW Pick: Harlem’s Albert Maysles At TCM Film Festival 2013 in Hollywood

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Harlem’s Albert Maysles founder of In 2005 Albert founded the Maysles Institute in Harlem will be in Hollywood to present his masterpieces “Salesman” and “Give Me Shelter” at the fourth-annual TCM Classic Film Festival on April 25-28, 2013. Continue reading

Welcome to Harlem, A Movie Musical Comedy (video)

By Yolande Brener

“Welcome to Harlem is a goofy, spoofy musical comedy created completely by artists currently living in Harlem. Continue reading

The Experiment: Alan Berliner Curated by Lorenzo Gattorna and Peter Buntaine

The Experiment, for its third installment of experimental documentary cinema encompassing a serial nature, is pleased to present a retrospective screening of works by NYC native, Alan Berliner.

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HW Pick: Daniel Craig Talks James Bond (video)

Shawn Edwards talks with James Bond about the differences between him and the infamous James Bond. In SKYFALL, Bond‘s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. Continue reading

HW Pick: ‘Welcome To Harlem’ By Mark Blackman (video)

Harlem filmmaker Mark Blackman talks about his new indie musical which is a feature length musical comedy about the greatest village in the world, Welcome To Harlem. Continue reading

HW Pick: “The Guy From Harlem,” 1977 (video)

 

The Guy from Harlem is a blaxploitation film from 1977 about a temperamental yet ultimately quite sensitive gangster Harry De Bauld, a character you will grow to love, in this really, really funny movie directed by Rene Martinez Jr. (who is infamous for directing The Six Thousand Dollar Nigger in 1978 … Continue reading

Harlem’s Jim Jones Set To Star In ‘Vampire Life’

Jim Jones, the last action hero? Well, don’t expect Capo to land a role in “The Expendables 3,” but Jones is diving further into the acting pool. Continue reading

HW Pick: The Middle Of Nowhere (video)

Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Ava DuVernay’s, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE is a story that could be in Harlem or Hollywood. Continue reading

Robert DeNiro’s New Cop Show “The 2-2″ Filmed In Harlem (update)

The 2-2 CBS tv show is filming in Harlem around 127th Street and Morningside Avenue and Manhattan Avenue and West 119th  141st-145th and Convent Ave, Broadway and 169th, and Amsterdam and 146th-147 street,  in New York City. Continue reading