Harlem New York City Movies

  • 1978
    Cindy

    Cindy

    Cindy

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    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...

    Cindy
  • 2006
    Killa Season

    Killa Season

    Killa Season

    4.42006HD

    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.

    Killa Season
  • 1994
    A Great Day in Harlem

    A Great Day in Harlem

    A Great Day in Harlem

    6.21994HD

    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...

    A Great Day in Harlem
  • 2018
    Congo Cabaret

    Congo Cabaret

    Congo Cabaret

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    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...

    Congo Cabaret
  • 1972
    Black Rodeo

    Black Rodeo

    Black Rodeo

    01972HD

    Documentary about a rodeo that takes place, for the most part, in Harlem.

    Black Rodeo
  • 1937
    Harlem on the Prairie

    Harlem on the Prairie

    Harlem on the Prairie

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    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...

    Harlem on the Prairie
  • 1939
    Double Deal

    Double Deal

    Double Deal

    51939HD

    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...

    Double Deal
  • 2005
    The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World

    The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World

    The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World

    7.52005HD

    "The Team that Changed the World," investigates the Globetrotters' impact socially and culturally, as well as their lasting effect on the NBA....

    The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
  • 2004
    The Last of the First

    The Last of the First

    The Last of the First

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    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...

    The Last of the First
  • 1979
    Harlem Nocturne

    Harlem Nocturne

    Harlem Nocturne

    01979HD

    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...

    Harlem Nocturne
  • 1970
    Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee

    Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee

    Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee

    01970HD

    A 1977 film portrait of the 90-year-old photographer.

    Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee
  • 1970
    Don't Take Harlem

    Don't Take Harlem

    Don't Take Harlem

    01970HD

    “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...

    Don't Take Harlem