THE ART OF THE MIX TAPE, THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, FROM HAARLEM TO HARLEM, IL SIGNOR JACKSON, NOBLE SISSLE'S SYNCOPATED RAGTIME, and TRUE STORIES BY JOE
Dwyer Cultural Center New York, NY
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THE ART OF THE MIX TAPE, THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, FROM HAARLEM TO HARLEM, IL SIGNOR JACKSON, NOBLE SISSLE'S SYNCOPATED RAGTIME, and TRUE STORIES BY JOE
Shorts programs are listed alphabetically and not in the order of screening.
Followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers
THE ART OF THE MIX TAPE Director: Kendra Brown Country: USA, Running Time: 12 min An in-depth, behind the scenes look at the impact of the mixtape on Hip-Hop and pop culture.
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP New York Premiere Director: Adrian Liang Country: USA, Running Time: 8 min In 1984, a man shoots four black teenagers on a New York City subway train, claiming that he was being robbed. Some called him a hero and the press dubbed him the subway vigilante. The shooting ignited a nationwide debate on crime and a citizens right to self defense. One of the teenagers talks for the first time about what happened that day.
FROM HAARLEM TO HARLEM East Coast Premiere Directors: Barbarella Fokos, David Fokos Country: USA, Running Time: 19min Fatigued by incessant news of unarmed black people being shot and killed by cops, and with the last election as the final straw, artist Alanna Airitam decided to create a body of work to portray her people as she knows them to be, which is far from the media's persistently negative narrative.
IL SIGNOR JACKSON Director: Anton Evangelista Country: USA, Running Time: 40 min The unique American story of Edward Jackson, from his youth in a predominantly Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx of the 1950's, to becoming an educator in the NY City Public School System and prominent cultural figure of Italian biculturalism and bilingualism.
NOBLE SISSLES SYNCOPATED RAGTIMEEast Coast Premiere Directors: Daniel Leonard Bernardi, David De Rozas Countries: France/USA, Running Time: 23 min Combining unseen period footage with original scores from that era, Syncopated Ragtime tells the story of Noble Sissles incredible life journey that encompasses The Harlem Hellfighters of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural production.
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TRUE STORIES BY JOE New York Premiere Director: Joe Zito Country: USA, Running Time: 8 min Joe tells funny and true stories about growing up in Italian Harlem in the 1940's.
Followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers
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Dwyer Cultural Center (View)
258 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10027
United States
