Sugar Minott and the Birth of Dancehall
Marcus Garvey Syndicate Presents: Dancehall Stage Show, 1986
Live at Pool Club, Brentford Road, Kingston, Jamaica. featuring Youthman Promotion, MC Barry Zaro & Louise and Tony Owens Present: Highlights of Youthman Promotion Dance featuring Thrilla, Joe Lickshot, Yammy Bolo, Squiddly Ranks, Selector Stich, Colorman, Tippa Lee.
Listening Party from 10pm-12am
Sweet Sound of Sugar listening party featuring Lady Ann and More!
(Curated by Livia Bloom)
Three rare marathon screenings of the legendary documentary by Patricio Guzmán, The Battle of Chile, will take place on September 11, the anniversary of the Chilean military coup. A landmark in documentary history, this remarkable film brings viewers into the Chilean political conflict. The film includes one of the cinema's most famous shots: a cameraman who captures his own murder on film. Often discussed but little-seen, The Battle of Chile has been newly restored and released on DVD by Icarus Films. In this remarkable event, it will be shown in complete marathon screenings.
Friday, September 10th, 7:30pm
The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie (Part 1)
Dir. Patricio Guzman, 1975, 96 mins, Chile/France/Cuba
The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie examines the escalation of rightist opposition following the left's unexpected victory in Congressional elections held in March, 1973. Finding that democracy would not stop Allende's socialist policies, the right-wing shifted its tactics from the polls to the streets. The film follows months of activity as a variety of increasingly violent tactics are used by the right to weaken the government and provoke a crisis.
At 9:15pm:
The Coup d'Etat (Part 2)
Dir. Patricio Guzman, 1976, 88 mins, Chile/France/Cuba
The Coup d'Etat opens with the attempted military coup of June, 1973 which is put down by troops loyal to the government. It serves as a useful dry run, however, for the final showdown, that everyone now realizes is coming. The film shows a left divided over strategy, while the right methodically lays the groundwork for the military seizure of power. The film's dramatic concluding sequence documents the coup d'etat, including Allende's last radio messages to the people of Chile, footage of the military assault on the presidential palace, and that evening's televised presentation of the new military junta.
All screenings introduced by Chilean artist and musician Christian Torres-Roje
Saturday, September 11th, 3:00pm
The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie (Part 1)
Dir. Patricio Guzman, 1975, 96 mins, Chile/France/Cuba
At 4:45pm:
The Coup d'Etat (Part 2)
Dir. Patricio Guzman, 1976, 88 mins, Chile/France/Cuba
At 6:30pm:
The Power of the People (Part 3)
Dir. Patricio Guzman, 1978, 78 mins, Chile/France/Cuba
The Power of the People deals with the creation by ordinary workers and peasants of thousands of local groups of "popular power" to distribute food, occupy, guard and run factories and farms, oppose black market profiteering, and link together neighborhood social service organizations. First these local groups of "popular power" acted as a defense against strikes and lock-outs by factory owners, tradesmen and professional bodies opposed to the Allende government, then increasingly as Soviet-type bodies demanding more resolute action by the government against the right.
All screenings introduced by Chilean artist and musician Christian Torres-Roje
Sunday, September 12th, 3:00pm
The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie (Part 1)
Dir. Patricio Guzman, 1975, 96 mins, Chile/France/Cuba
At 4:45
The Coup d'Etat (Part 2)
Dir. Patricio Guzman, 1976, 88 mins, Chile/France/Cuba
At 6:30
The Power of the People (Part 3)
Dir. Patricio Guzman, 1978, 78 mins, Chile/France/Cuba
All screenings introduced by Chilean artist and musician Christian Torres-Roje
2010, 23 min.
This short documentary looks at the politics of rebuilding Haiti just one month after the devastating earthquake of January 12th, 2010. With billions of dollars devoted to U.S. and UN-led aid efforts flooding the country, the decade's-long debate about Haitian development has intensified in the wake of this most recent disaster. The film asks how aid money should be spent in reconstruction, and how reconstruction may or may not contribute to the goals of long-term growth and economic independence in Haiti. While most Haitians do not have the luxury to think beyond the short-term need for food, water and other essential staples, an array of thoughtful community organizers and agriculturists voice their opinions on what needs to be done in the long-run in order to advance the Haitian condition. Also featured in the film are the voices of a number of Haitian politicians, U.S. Army and government officials, foreign owners of private industry and members of Haiti's robust NGO community.
Faultlines | Haiti: Six months on, 2010, 23 min.
Haiti: Six Months Later
Six months after the earthquake, the landscape of Port-Au-Prince remains virtually unchanged. Dominated by rubble and a rainbow patchwork of tents occupied by an estimated one and a half million displaced Haitians, most major reconstruction efforts are on hold. Inevitably, the government will award most contracts to foreign companies, creating a booming business out of disaster relief and reconstruction. Through conversations with people living in camps and informal settlements throughout Port Au Prince and the countryside, this film reveals the increased skepticism and hostility of Haitians when it comes to the efforts of politicians and NGOs post-disaster. While as of late, an interim governmental commission has been established to dole out a large chunk of the foreign aid that’s flowed into the country, the question remains as to who is best qualified to decide how the money will be spent; With the presidential elections in Haiti fast-approaching, this question takes on particular relevance.
Tavis Smiley | New Orleans: Been in the Storm Too Long, 2010, 56 min.
“As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, Tavis Smiley Reports visits New Orleans, capturing the mood and spirit of the city’s courageous residents five years after the levees failed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. For the program, Tavis reunites with Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme, who has spent the past five years chronicling the people of New Orleans as they struggle to recover and rebuild their city. Tavis now returns to speak with some of the city’s most resilient residents who share their rich cultural heritage as they rebuild schools, churches and homes against enormous odds. The charismatic and poignant people of New Orleans to be featured include: Jazz musicians Ellis and Branford Marsalis, Actor John Goodman, longtime resident now starring in the HBO series Treme, Actor Wendell Pierce, a third-generation native also starring in Treme, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun, whose experiences were chronicled in Dave Eggers’ award-winning book Zeitoun”
Dir. 10th Ward Buck, 2008, 35 mins.
New Orleans Bounce music superstar 10th Ward Buck tells his first-hand experience of being in New Orleans East as Katrina struck, his evacuation to the Houston Astrodome, as well as music performances, interviews with other New Orleans rappers, and more.
More short films TBA
Dir. David M. Jones, 1995, 59 mins.
While The Carter focuses on one of New Orleans’ most distinct contemporary musicians, this program thoroughly looks at the rich and colorful development of a historical tradition that has become an icon of the Crescent City. Hosted and narrated by Milton Batiste, Jr. the late trumpet player/manager of Dejan's Olympia Brass Band, Jazz Funerals from the Inside tells of this fascinating celebration of death from the perspective of musicians, family and scholars. The program was given the highest rating by the New Orleans Times-Picayune and has been a local PBS staple for membership drives since 1995.
7:30 pm
Sound After the Storm
Dir. Patrik Soergel, Ryan Fenson-Hood, Sven O. Hill, 2009, 80 mins.
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is part ghost town and part third world country. Well known musicians Lillian Boutté, Dr. Michael White and photographer Armand “Sheik” Richardson use jazz as a philosophy and tool to save themselves and their abandoned, crumbling city. The Sound After the Storm tells a story in which this “music born of slavery” is reborn in response to Katrina’s devastation.
Q&A with dir. Ryan Fenson-Hood and Today dir. Naftali Beane Rutter
Dir. Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, 2008, 90 min.
Academy Award-nominated "Trouble the Water" tells a story of one extraordinary family's survival of the flooding of New Orleans after Katrina, and their journey into a new life. Time Magazine's Richard Corliss called it "[A]n endlessly moving, artlessly magnificent tribute to people the government didn't think worth saving." Directed and produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal and executive produced by Danny Glover, "Trouble the Water" won the 2008 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and was named one of the top ten films of 2008 by critics at Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and The New Yorker.
- added by sara 08/17
8:30
Today
Dir. Naftali Beane Rutter, 2010, 70 mins.
Today is the only film of its kind, the true story of one day in the life of three families in New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina. Stylistically bold, each scene shot with gripping intimacy, this film is about far more than just New Orleans. In the heroism of Robert McPeek, a policeman patrolling the crime ridden city, in the struggle of Alice and Lewis Blaise to catch just one fish to feed their children, in the tragic life passions of young Angelo Stanich Jr.--amidst three fascinating families and their prayers, songs, fights, laughter, and love, Today is the story of a day in the life of America, in all of its beautiful, disturbing, hilarious glory.
Q&A with dir. Naftali Beane Rutter
Today
Dir. Naftali Beane Rutter, 2010, 70 mins.
Today, the true story of one day in the life of three families in New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina. Stylistically bold, each scene shot with gripping intimacy, this film is about far more than just New Orleans. In the heroism of Robert McPeek, a policeman patrolling the crime ridden city, in the struggle of Alice and Lewis Blaise to catch just one fish to feed their children. Amidst three fascinating families and their prayers, songs, fights, laughter, and love, Today is the story of a day in the life of America, in all of its beautiful, disturbing, hilarious glory.
Q&A with dir. Naftali Beane Rutter and Sound After the Storm dir. Ryan Fenson-Hood. More speakers tba.
7:30pm
Land of Opportunity
Dir. Luisa Dantas, 2010, 96 mins.
Land of Opportunity, a groundbreaking multi-platform documentary, captures the early years of post-catastrophe New Orleans through the eyes of a diverse group of people. Through their eyes, we experience the ups and downs of an unprecedented urban reconstruction process. Democratic processes fail them, economic crises pull the rug out from under best-intentioned plans, and migration and displacement prove to be a strange bargain. The people in the film are powerful, marginalized, black, white, latino, men, women, opinionated, humble, angry, sad, wise, hilarious, flawed, and often contradictory. Contained in their stories is our story, the story of ordinary people in cities and towns across the world, grappling with extraordinary circumstances much larger than themselves.
Q&A with dir. Luisa Dantas. More speakers tba.
Ya Heard Me?
Dir. Matt Miller & Stephen Thomas, 2008, 75 mins.
This film is about a regional version of hip-hop specific to New Orleans called ‘Bounce’--how it got started and all about legends like T Tucker, Joe Black, Cheeky Blakk, DJ Irv, Mia X, The Show boys and Bustdown. What Dirty States does for Southern rap in general, Ya Heard Me? does for bounce in particular – providing a history of the music’s roots in second line and Mardi Gras Indian culture and tracing its development ward by ward. The film takes a turn towards tragedy as artist 10th Ward Buck records Katrina and Bounce artists are dispersed. Post-Katrina follow up in Houston, Atlanta, Mobile, Baton Rouge and New Orleans make this documentary a snapshot into a vibrant culture rooted in tradition, set adrift by tragedy.
Where They At, an exhibition portraying the players in the New Orleans rap scene known as bounce. Photographs, oral histories, and video comprise an archive that draws a line from the genre's inception to the present-day diaspora. Hurricane Katrina has scattered a once tight-knit bounce community whose music only existed at home — a home now redefined physically and culturally.
Panel: Discussion with Where They At, Aubrey Edwards & Alison Fensterstock, Sue Lamond (Producer, Ya Heard Me?) & Matt Miller (co-director, Ya’ Heard Me?)
Followed by a reception sponsored by The Harlem Brewery and Sugar Hill Ale
Jazz Parades: Feet Don't Fail Me Now (Alan Lomax, 1990, 58 mins.)
Alan Lomax's Jazz Parades explores the cathartic Sunday jazz parade of social clubs like King Zulu, the Young Olympians and the White Eagles in New Orleans. An overview of the jazz scene takes form in the convergence of "the Uptown Blacks with the Downtown Creoles" and in interviews with the participants, who open the door for understanding the ritual aspect of "turning loose" the dead, celebrating Mardi Gras and sublimating violence by dancing in the streets. Their heroes (Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Johnny Dodds, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Kid Ory, Manuel Perez and John Robichaux) started out in the red light district, where the madames became the first patrons of jazz. While Lomax’s strong narration tends to “explain away” blues voices as historically and socially determined, his ethno-musicological approach pays of at times, for example with the crosscuts between African ceremony and Jazz parades to make their common links clear.
8:00 pm
The Carter
Dir. Adam Bhala Lough, 2009, 80 mins.
“The Carter is a documentary about Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. aka Lil' Wayne. It is an intoxicating, cinematic journey into the thoughts and world of an extremely complicated man whose creative force is something to behold. He never stops recording, and his work is his own: unfiltered, uncensored, raw, and powerful. Director Adam Bhala Lough captures remarkably candid moments, such as Lil' Wayne recounting his first sexual experience, as well as him talking openly about his drug habits. Following him all over the country and to Amsterdam, Lough mixes fly-on-the-wall footage of Lil' Wayne in his hotel room and on his bus with artfully composed concert footage. The result is a shockingly intimate portrait of one of the most inspired (and eccentric) musicians embodying New Orleans’ rich, complex cultural traditions today, capturing the imagination of mainstream America through his work.”
Every Day is TRAE DAY
In 2008, the mayor of Houston, Bill White, awarded Trae with his own day, Trae Day (July 22), in honor of his outstanding work within the community. Trae Day is marked with an all ages free outdoor concert with back to school gear distributed to young people. The 2009 celebration was marred by gun violence and a radio host of 97.9 the Box blamed Trae’s lyrics for inciting the violence. After Trae dissed the host on a mixtape, his music was banned from play on the Box, the only commercial Hip Hop station in H-Town. 2010 has been a crazy year for Trae - his suit against the station and their countersuit, firings of station DJ’s who played his music, and town hall meetings in the 3rd ward to build grassroots criticism of corporate media. Oh, and Trae Day 2010. This night is devoted to all things Trae - the drama, the legal issues, the good work, and of course the music - told through concert footage, news reports, a special video from REL, and TRAE’s own cartoons.
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Screw News: The Latest from Texas.
Welcome home Grace pts 1 &2 (11 min.)
Deeper than Rap: Rick Ross visits Houston (11 Min.)
Drops from Bun B, Z-Ro & Lupe Fiasco
FREE!!! Outdoor Screening @ St. Nicholas Park:
135th St. Plaza & St. Nicholas Ave, Take B or C trains to West 135th St.
Tools of War, Maysles Cinema and Mochilla have joined forces to present an outdoor screening that unifies the power of film with the art of the DJ. Tools of War puts on “Digger’s Delight Park Jam” each Tuesday in August, from 5:00-9:00pm. The Tuesday, August 24th Jam features legendary DJs, Bobbito, Lean Rock, Jazzy Jay and just added - J Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies. At 9:00 pm, J Rocc will transition his set from music to film - using vinyl on turntables and the latest Serato technology to blend, juggle and manipulate the three films of Mochilla’s TIMELESS Series into a live Megamix. TIMELESS documents of three concerts where the compositions of J Dilla, Arthur Verocai & Mulatu are each performed by a full symphony orchestra. Special guests show up through out the films, including Ma Dilla, De La Soul and Talib Kweli.
Timeless screening co-sponsored by Maysles Cinema and Mochilla with support from VTech & Target.
Digger's Delight Park Jams, brought to you by Tools of War, are held in association with the Friends of St. Nicholas Park and kick off at 5:00pm Sharp
Dir. Spike Lee, 2010, 240 mins (120 mins each night)
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, director Spike Lee returns to New Orleans to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent City are playing out. In an all new, four-hour documentary premiering on HBO, Lee finds a patchwork of hope and heartache in a story bookended by a pair of momentous events — the historic 2010 Super Bowl victory and the disastrous British Petroleum oil spill — that changed the history of America’s most unique city once again. If If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise is a continuation of the story of the rebirth of the Big Easy as first recorded in Lee’s epic, Emmy® and Peabody award-winning 2006 documentary, When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts. Alongside the city’s storied ability to celebrate life with unmatchable ebullience, Lee documents the successes and failures in the ongoing efforts to restore housing, healthcare, education, economic growth and law and order to a battered but unbowed community.
Part 2 - Tuesday, August 24th, 9:00pm
The Land Where Blues Began
Dir. John M. Bishop, Alan Lomax, Worth W. Long, 1979, 58 mins.
“A self-described ‘song-hunter,’ the folklorist Alan Lomax traveled the Mississippi Delta in the 1930s and 40s, sometimes in the company of black folklorists like John W. Work III, armed with primitive recording equipment and a keen love of the Delta's music heritage. In the late 1970s Lomax returned with filmmaker John Bishop and black folklorist Worth Long and made the film The Land Where the Blues Began. Shot on video tape, the film is narrated by Lomax and includes remarkable performances and stories by J.T. Tucker, William S. Hart, Bill Gordon, Belton Sutherland, Reverend Caeser Smith, James Hall, Johnny Brooks, Clyde Maxwell, Bud Spires, Jack Owens, Beatrice Maxwell, Walter Brown, Wilbert Puckett, and Othar Turner.”
Dirty States of America
Dir. FLX, 2004, 95 mins
Dirty States is the most thorough documentation of Southern hip-hop rap in all its regional variation and cultural offshoots. This history is told through interviews with practically every notable southern rapper at a pivotal time when hip-hop form the South began to upstage the East and West coast versions in popularity and market value. While “keeping it real” in its even representation of gun-talk, booty shaking and obscenity in the Dirty, poignant and conscious voices emerge in the film, particularly those of David Banner and Killer Mike.
Co-Presented by Baller’s Eve
(East Village Radio)
THE LOWNDES COUNTY FREEDOM PARTY
Dir. Dwight Cammeron, 1990, 26 min.
It’s a common misconception that the Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. In fact, the party symbol and the roots of its philosophy of self-determination can be traced to rural Lowndes County in Alabama by way of Harlem, NY. Cammeron remembers the efforts of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee to mobilize the African Americans of “Bloody Lowndes” to exercise their voice by forming a local political party in the face of brutal repression.
8:00 pm
From Lowndes to Harlem: David White and Sam Anderson in Person!
David White and Sam Anderson are founding members of the original Black Panther Party, started in the summer of 1966 in Harlem, NY. They will discuss how their experiences working with SNCC in Lowndes inspired the formation of the NYBPP, reasons for the organizations short life and its influences on the BPP in California. Sam Anderson is a pioneering scholar/activist and author of Black Holocaust for Beginners. David White is a long time community organizer in Harlem.
8:45 pm
From Huntsville to Harlem: G-S
The earlier film and discussion will be followed by a performance of G-Side, a hip-hop group hailing from Huntsville, Alabama, whose excellent Huntsville International street album has helped put Huntsville’s rap scene on the radar. The do-it-yourself work ethic of G-Side and Codie G, manager of local independent label Slow Motion Soundz, show how the spirit of self-determination continues to live on in the South. There will also be a screening of footage and interviews documenting the history of hip-hop in Alabama, alongside a discussion.Followed by a G-SIDE performance and reception sponsored by The Harlem Brewery and Sugar Hill Ale.
Dir. Ed Webb-Ingall, 2010, 30 mins.
This half hour documentary tells the often ignored and unknown story of the children of Lesbian and Gay parents from a personal and political viewpoint. Set alongside an examination of the rich social and political history of Lesbian and Gay parents from the late 1960s to the present day, the film combines found footage and history with on-camera interviews with the children of lesbian and gay parents in the UK aged 12 to 35. This film was made with kids at the heart. The filmmaker was keen to create a safe space where kids can be seen to be speaking freely and openly about their experiences without having to be poster kids for “perfect families.” Instead of perpetuating the myth of the perfect family, or the perfect childhood, this film shows kids who, whatever they felt about their families, didn’t want to change or hide them, but be proud of who and what they have made them.Through researching, developing and screening this film Ed Webb-Ingall hopes at once to normalize and elaborate on the experiences of the children of lesbian and gay parents.
Followed by a panel discussion
Curated by Bertolain Elysee, Jessica Green and Philip Maysles
This two-part series sheds a spotlight on hip hop (and its cultural and political antecedents), from a region engulfed in an environmental siege with centuries old roots and a New South identity. After considering hip hop’s southern migration and local variations, Country Rap transitions into Katrina: Five Years Later, a selection of films that document New Orleans’ rich history, lending further gravity to those made in response to the devastation of New Orleans, and efforts towards recovery.
Friday, August 20th, 6:00pm
Country Rap: The Gulf States (Florida)
The U
Dir. Billy Corben, 2009, 105 mins.
Throughout the 1980s, Miami, Florida, was at the center of a racial and cultural shift taking place throughout the country. Overwhelmed by riots and tensions, Miami was a city in flux, and the University of Miami football team served as a microcosm for this evolution. With a newly branded swagger, inspired and fueled by the quickly growing local Miami hip hop culture and its overlord Uncle Luke, these Hurricanes took on larger-than-life personalities and won four national titles between 1983 and 1991. Filmmaker Billy Corben, a Miami native and University of Miami alum (and the director of Cocaine Cowboys and Cocaine Cowboys 2) tells the story of these “Bad Boys” of football.
8:00pm
2 Live Crew: Banned In The USA
Dir. Penelope Spheeris, 1990, 47 mins.
The video features 47 minutes of live performances and interviews from Miami bass legends 2 Live Crew, both with besieged Crew chief Luther Campbell and such critics as the head of a Dallas decency league.
AFTER THE FILM:
Panel Discussion with Kenya Robinson (NY based multi-media artist from Gainesville, Florida) and Cleo Silvers (Black Panther, Young Lord and Cutural Warrior). More speakers to follow. Following the discussion will be a reception sponsored by Harlem's Sugar Hill Ale and a set by DJ Donsta.
Terry Jarvis, 2003, 54 min.
Jock Docs: Tennis
Dir. William Klein, France, 1981, 135 minutes
Klein’s tense record of the 1981 French Open—with Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, and others—is also a canny observation of the mechanics of performance. The French Open (known backhandedly as “The French”) is the most esteemed of the grand tennis tournaments. In 1981, an uncanny convergence of great players occurred as Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, Ivan Lendl, Martina Navratilova, Vitas Gerulaitis, Hana Mandlíková, Jimmy Connors, and others made their way to the rain-soaked courts near Paris. For Klein, this was an opportunity to observe the mechanics of virtuosic performance, but with the addition of the mental wear and tear that such engagement can bring. A hushed tension builds throughout the film as the onlookers pan their noggins, coaches gaze with dreary bemusement, locker rooms bristle with anxious energy, and the players go to seed. At the center of it all stands the impenetrable Bjorn Borg, precise, unflappable, and dogged. The French is fourteen days of unwavering stress, broken only by sporadic downpours and the gasps of surrender. In tennis, love is always having to say you’re sorry.
—Steve Seid
Marcus Garvey Syndicate Presents: Dancehall Stage Show 1986
Recorded live at the Pool Club, Brentford Road, Kingston Jamaica featuring Youthman Promotion, MC Barry Zaro.
Louise and Tony Owens Present: Highlights of Youthman Promotion Dance
Thrilla, Joe Lickshot, Yammy Bolo, Squiddly Ranks, Selector Stich, Colorman, Tippa Lee.
Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer, producer, and godfather of Dancehall music passed on July 10th, 2010 at the age of 54. He formed the “Black Roots” label in 1979 which soon led to the founding of Youthman Promotion Soundsystem which the first dancehall crew. Minott led this crew of young singers, producers and DJ’s including Yami Bolo, Junior Reid, Barry Brown, Triston Palmer and Tony Tuff. Minott’s passing is particularly significant to New York, where he produced many Youthman promotion events and recordings with North Bronx producer Bullwackie among others. Keeling Beckford Presents two of the earliest Dancehall videos made with a taste of Sugar!
Rachelle Salnave, 2010, 75 mins.
Mart 125, formerly located in the heart of Harlem was an indoor market place that housed African vendors from all over the Diaspora. It was developed by government agencies to remove street vendors in the mid-1980s. Due to a host of politics, poor management and the redevelopment of Harlem, the Mart was forced to close down in 2002. The building is now up for bidding and the vendors have either been fortunate enough to get their own store fronts in Harlem or are back to vending on the streets. "Harlem's Mart 125: The American Dream" is an in-depth analysis of the history of Mart 125 and how it correlates to the "revitalization" of 125th street, Harlem's main commercial hub. This story depicts the economic transition from the late 1960s to present day. By using Mart 125 and the people behind it, the market provides an apt metaphor for the effects of gentrification on the Harlem community and urban centers everywhere.
Panel discussion with Moikgantsi Kgama, Founder & Executive Director Imagenation and Gregory Gates, Executive Producer for Imagenation, Loren Schoenberg, Executive Director of the National Jazz Museum Harlem and Rachelle Salnave (director). The National Jazz Museum Harlem and Imagenation are slated for a museum and cinema respectively in the former Mart 125 site.
Followed by a reception sponsored by The Harlem Brewery and Sugar Hill Ale
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