Harlem New York City Movies

  • 1981
    Will

    Will

    Will

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    A girls’ basketball coach is fighting through a heroin addiction while mentoring a 12-year-old street kid adopted by Will and his wife.

    Will
  • 1994
    High School II

    High School II

    High School II

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    HIGH SCHOOL II is a film about Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS), a successful alternative high school in New York's Spanish Harlem, 85-95%...

    High School II
  • 1938
    Gang Smashers

    Gang Smashers

    Gang Smashers

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    An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketeers going on around Harlem. Meanwhile two men are...

    Gang Smashers
  • 1941
    Murder on Lenox Avenue

    Murder on Lenox Avenue

    Murder on Lenox Avenue

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    Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader...

    Murder on Lenox Avenue
  • 1970
    HARLEM FRAGMENTS

    HARLEM FRAGMENTS

    HARLEM FRAGMENTS

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    Harlem Fragments is an Afro-futurist scrapbook storytelling of a Harlem Black family's beautiful destruction during the 2008 recession. A natural...

    HARLEM FRAGMENTS
  • 2021
    Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

    Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

    Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

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    When the film West Side Story was released in 1961, New York's reviled Puerto Rican community gained some visibility and, over time, both in Spanish...

    Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
  • 2019
    Strive

    Strive

    Strive

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    Kalani (Joi Campbell), is a teenager living in Harlem with her older brother Jacob, and her younger sister, Bebe, while her mother struggles to make...

    Strive
  • 1939
    Moon Over Harlem

    Moon Over Harlem

    Moon Over Harlem

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    Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue (Izanetta...

    Moon Over Harlem
  • 1934
    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho

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    This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington)...

    Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
  • 1935
    Murder In Harlem

    Murder In Harlem

    Murder In Harlem

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    A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.

    Murder In Harlem
  • 1978
    Drugs In America

    Drugs In America

    Drugs In America

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    Documentary on drug use in America

    Drugs In America
  • 1942
    Take My Life

    Take My Life

    Take My Life

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    A well-meaning doctor lends his building to a group of neighborhood kids. When the neighbors learn that the kids are members of a tough Harlem gang,...

    Take My Life
  • 1984
    The Long Night of Lady Day

    The Long Night of Lady Day

    The Long Night of Lady Day

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    This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and...

    The Long Night of Lady Day
  • 1942
    Jam Session

    Jam Session

    Jam Session

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    Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.

    Jam Session
  • 2008
    James Brown Live At The Apollo '68

    James Brown Live At The Apollo '68

    James Brown Live At The Apollo '68

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    This was one of a series of concerts James Brown gave at the Apollo in Harlem in March 1968. This performance was broadcast on television as James...

    James Brown Live At The Apollo '68
  • 1995
    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

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    A feature length documentary that tells the story of nine young men and women constructing positive lives as they face the challenges of growing up...

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience
  • 1966
    The Strolling '20s

    The Strolling '20s

    The Strolling '20s

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    Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical,...

    The Strolling '20s
  • 1974
    1 Berlin-Harlem

    1 Berlin-Harlem

    1 Berlin-Harlem

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    An African-American GI retires from the US Army in West Berlin to live with his (white) girlfriend, who already has a baby with another black man....

    1 Berlin-Harlem
  • 1991
    Don Giovanni

    Don Giovanni

    Don Giovanni

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    This production was originally staged for the Pepsico Summerfare Festival, The International Performing Arts Festival of the State University of New...

    Don Giovanni
  • 2004
    Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem

    Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem

    Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem

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    Some of the world's best jazz, R & B, hip-hop, rap, gospel and Latin musicians perform classic and modern songs in this 2004 benefit show...

    Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem