Harlem New York City Movies
- 1978
Cindy
Cindy4.51978HD
A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to...
- 2006
Killa Season
Killa Season4.42006HD
Flea was a basketball player, happy with his subtle hustle, until a Dominican connect introduced him to a new way to spread the work and make money.
- 1994
A Great Day in Harlem
A Great Day in Harlem6.21994HD
Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just...
- 2018
Congo Cabaret
Congo Cabaret02018HD
Harlem, 1926. A “sweetman” Zeddy, living off a woman, brings a country girl he’s trying to impress to a gay-owned cabaret. There he...
- 1972
Black Rodeo
Black Rodeo01972HD
Documentary about a rodeo that takes place, for the most part, in Harlem.
- 1937
Harlem on the Prairie
Harlem on the Prairie51937HD
A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the...
- 1939
Double Deal
Double Deal51939HD
Tommy McCoy and "Dude" Markey are both in love with Harlem singer/dancer Nita. Markey robs a jewelry store and turns the loot over to gang-boss...
- 2005
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World7.52005HD
"The Team that Changed the World," investigates the Globetrotters' impact socially and culturally, as well as their lasting effect on the NBA....
- 2004
The Last of the First
The Last of the First02004HD
The Harlem Blues & Jazz Band during its sunset years: 87-year-old Al Casey, who had worked closely with Fats Waller throughout the 1930s; guitarist...
- 1979
Harlem Nocturne
Harlem Nocturne01979HD
A French animated short film delves into a family living in Harlem's black ghetto, where a girl faces the choice between freedom and death. Features...
- 1970
Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee
Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee01970HD
A 1977 film portrait of the 90-year-old photographer.
- 1970
Don't Take Harlem
Don't Take Harlem01970HD
“Don’t Take Harlem is my personal love letter to Harlem. This project is dear to me because it allowed me to understand my hometown and...