When I Walk

Saturday, July 26th, 7:30pm

When I Walk

Jason DaSilva, 2013, 85 min

Jason DaSilva was 25 years old and a rising independent filmmaker when a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis changed everything — and inspired him to make another film. When I Walk is a candid and brave chronicle of one young man’s struggle to adapt to the harsh realities of M.S. while holding on to his personal and creative life. With his body growing weaker, DaSilva’s spirits, and his film, get a boost from his mother’s tough love and the support of Alice Cook, who becomes his wife and filmmaking partner. The result is a life-affirming documentary filled with unexpected moments of joy and humor.

Q&A with director Jason DaSilva.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQXLNdlx7RI

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A Cat on the Shoulder

Thursday, July 24th, 7:30pm

A Cat on the Shoulder

Julie Conte, 2013, 52 min

For forty years, Jean-Pierre Beauviala has been inventing cameras that made the emergence of a “light-weight, in-the-field cinema” possible. Filmmakers remember…Today, the camera market is saturated with new tools. Everyone experiments new ways of film-making. In cinema, celluloid and artisanship are gradually becoming a thing of the past. And yet, Beauviala keeps on inventing. What Utopia does he still pursue?

Q&A with director Julie Conte and filmmaker and Maysles Documentary Center founder Albert Maysles.

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The Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival Present: The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Wednesday, July 23rd, 7:45pm

Maysles Cinema's Summer of Music, The Marcus Garvey Park Alliance and Reel Harlem: The Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival Present:

The Night James Brown Saved Boston

@ St. Nicholas Park

(135th St. Plaza & St. Nicholas Ave)

Lawn Chairs Permitted

Rain Location: TBA

100% Free

7:45pm

"Godfather of Soul" DJ Set with DJ Chairman Mao

8:45pm

The Night James Brown Saved Boston

David Leaf, 2008, 90 min.

It's the day after the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King. America's inner cities are on fire, and the city of Boston is looking to James Brown to help stop it from exploding and imploding. The Night James Brown Saved Boston focuses on James Brown's extraordinary, history-making concert at the Boston Garden on April 5, 1968, putting the events of that day into the context of the times, and for the first time, telling the dramatic story of what happened that night, spotlighting this crucial moment in the life and career of James Brown. Up to that moment, James Brown has been a great artist, a successful businessman, a civil rights activist and an American patriot. On April 5, 1968, he becomes hero.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boL_q1DKIhQ

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Brasslands

Friday, July 18th, 7:30pm

Saturday, July 19th, 7:30pm

Brasslands

The Meerkat Media Collective, 2014, 84 min.

A tiny Serbian village explodes with brass cacophony and riotous celebration as more than half a million music fans descend upon Guča, the world's largest trumpet competition. Amidst a cast of defending Serbian champions and struggling Roma Gypsies, an unlikely brass band from New York City, Zlatne Uste, voyages to represent the United States only a decade after NATO bombs rocked Belgrade. They will be the first Americans ever to compete at Guča. Brasslands offers an intimate and sometimes unsettling portrait of how the hopes and fears of this diverse group of characters collide in their search for common ground and musical ecstasy.

Q&A with Bryan Chang, Brasslands producer, to follow Friday’s screening.

Q&A with Adam Pogoff, Brasslands  producer, to follow Saturday’s screening.

Trailer: http://vimeo.com/76111001

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/771985

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The Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival Presents: Brothers Hypnotic

Thursday, July 17th, 7:45pm

Maysles Cinema's Summer of Music, The Marcus Garvey Park Alliance and Reel Harlem: The Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival Present:

Brothers Hypnotic

@ The Jackie Robinson Park Bandshell

(148th St. & Bradhurst Avenue)

Lawnchairs Permitted

Rain Location: TBA

100% Free

7:45pm

"Horn Section" DJ Set with DJ Laylo

8:45pm

Brothers Hypnotic

Dir. Reuben Atlas, 2013, 84 mins.

At 6:00 a.m. sharp, the numerous children of jazz musician Phil Cohran began band rehearsal. A family of 24 living on Chicago’s South Side, the “brothers” of the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble were raised by their father and three mothers on a strict diet of jazz, funk and Black Consciousness. In this award-winning film from the festivals including SXSW, Urbanworld and HotDocs, the band works with artists including Mos Def, Blur and Prince, while struggling to maintain their own identity and bring their distinctive blend of jazz, hip-hop, and funk from the halls from Europe to the streets of New York City.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH0_vUK6_Y4

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Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe a la Hache

Wednesday, July 9th, 7:30pm

Thursday, July 10th, 7:30pm

Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe a la Hache

Nailah Jefferson, 2014, 80 min.

Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a generations-old community of African-American fishermen fight for justice, accountability and their way of life.  Nailah Jefferson’s Vanishing Pearls chronicles the untold story of personal and professional devastation in Pointe a la Hache, a close-knit fishing village on the Gulf coast. The filmmaker delves into the worst environmental disaster in American history just as news cameras leave the scene of the crime. While 49 Million barrels of oil settle in the once vibrant coastal waters, this community of African-American fishermen fight for their existence.

Post-Screening Skype Q&A with Director Nailah Jefferson to follow Wednesday's screening.

Trailer: http://youtu.be/kv_fSdu_tI8

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/768029

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A Gay Pride Month Special

Friday, June 27th, 7:00pm

A Gay Pride Month Special

Hosted by Harlem Sage and Harlem Pride

Before You Know It

PJ Raval, 2013, 110 min.

The subjects of Before You Know It are no ordinary senior citizens. They are go-go booted bar-hoppers, love struck activists, troublemaking baton twirlers, late night Internet cruisers, seasoned renegades and bold adventurers. They are also among the estimated 2.4 million lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans over the age of 55 in the United States, many of whom face heightened levels of discrimination, neglect and exclusion. But Before is not a film about cold statistics and gloomy realities, it’s a film about generational trailblazers who have surmounted prejudice and defied expectation to form communities of strength, renewal and camaraderie—whether these communities be affable senior living facilities, lively activist enclaves or wacky queer bars brimming with glittered trinkets and colorful drag queens.

Dennis is a gentle-hearted widower in his 70s who begins exploring his sexual identity and fondness for dressing in women’s clothing under the name “Dee.” Ty is an impassioned LGBT activist who hears nothing but wedding bells once gay marriage passes in New York. Robert “The Mouth” is a feisty bar owner who presses on when his neighborhood institution comes under threat. Born before the Civil Rights era, these men have witnessed unbelievable change in their lifetimes, from the Stonewall Riots and gay liberation, to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and Queer Nation, to gay marriage and Lady Gaga, and have lived to become part of an unprecedented “out” elder generation. Before focuses on the lives of these three gay seniors, but reminds us that while LGBT elders face a specific set of issues, aging and its challenges are universal. An affirmation of life and human resilience told with a refreshing humor and candor, Before confirms that you are never too old to reshape society.

Q&A with director PJ Raval and subject Ty Martin.

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/707262

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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDM-fb_yRP4

Forward Ever: The Killing of a Revolution

Saturday, June 21st, 4:00pm

Creatively Speaking Presents: Forward Ever: The Killing of a Revolution

Curated by Michelle Materre

(Creatively Speaking is an independent film series -- by and about people of color. Explore the world we really live in.)

Forward Ever: The Killing of a Revolution

Bruce Paddington, 2013, 113 min.

The year – 1983. The setting, Grenada, The West Indies – one of the smallest independent countries in the Western hemisphere. The U.S. intervenes in the activities of The People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada after a bloody military coup, resulting in the ousting of a successful four-year revolutionary government. This film captures the tragic events of October 19th footage and firsthand recollections of the people who bore witness. Under suspicious circumstances, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his close colleagues are executed -- their bodies never recovered. Multiple perspectives and diverse narratives raise questions about the influence of this major event in the contemporary landscape of Caribbean culture, political history and economics that must be answered…and soon.

Q&A with Director/Producer.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KawPky1oLR8

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BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/730750

Nothern Light

Monday, June 16th - Sunday, June 22nd, 7:30pm

Northern Light

U.S. Theatrical Premiere

Nick Bentgen and  Lisa Kjerulff , 2013, 105 mins.

Competitors in a 500 mile-long Michigan snow mobile race come to life in this gorgeous and subtle cinéma vérité portrait of contemporary working-class America. An audience favorite at festivals including the 2013 Viennale, HotDocs, BAM Cinema Fest and True/FalseFilmed, award-winning film Northern Light, by first-time local filmmakers Nick Bentgen and Lisa Kjerulff, was filmed over the course of several years spent living with their subjects.

Thursday, June 19 and Friday, June 20: Post-film Q&A with filmmakers Nick Bentgen and Lisa Kjerulff in person!

"I'll not soon forget the durational brilliance of an extended fixed shot of a snow-suited timekeeper on a frozen lake patiently waiting as a snowmobile zips into and out of view, its roar slowly fading into the wintry quiet and then reviving before the vehicle comes speeding through the frame again, as tedious and entrancing as a clock." —Eric Hynes, Cinema Scope

"A humble and quietly thoughtful piece of cinéma vérité" —Kelly O, The Stranger

"While the snowmobile race at the center of the film is dramatic and engrossing, encompassing an entire film within itself, it's the small, quiet glimpses that pull the viewer in, casting a compassionate eye on lives on the margins. But everybody struggles, and on a fundamental level NORTHERN LIGHT is a film we can all relate to." —Craig Hubert, ArtInfo

"Patient, observant, and deeply generous" —Michael Tully, Hammer to Nail

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGegquCbDdI&feature=youtu.be

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Documentary In Bloom

Curated by Livia Bloom

Meet Marlon Brando

Saturday, June 14th, 7:30pm

Meet Marlon Brando

Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, 1965, 29 min.

Call it verité performance: Brando is caught in a Method conundrum—expected to play "movie star," he wants to live in the moment. To help his moribund film Morituri (1965), Brando agreed to participate in a marathon, day-long series of filmed interviews with reporters from local TV stations across the country. This mind-boggling event took place at the Hampshire Hotel in New York and was captured on film by the Maysles. The end result is Meet Marlon Brando, one of the star's least-known films where Brando is himself as master of the put-down and prince of biting sarcasm.

Trailer: http://mayslesfilms.com/films/movies/meetmarlonbrando.mp4

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8:00pm

The Beales of Grey Gardens

Albert Maysles & David Maysles, 2006, 91 min.

The 1976 cinema vérité classic Grey Gardens, which captured in remarkable close-up the lives of the eccentric East Hampton recluses Big and Little Edie Beale, has spawned everything from a midnight-movie cult following to a Broadway musical, to a Hollywood adaptation. The filmmakers then went back to their vaults of footage to create part two, The Beales of Grey Gardens, a tribute both to these indomitable women and to the original landmark documentary’s legions of fans, who have made them American counter culture icons.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLt9zh7sLIQ

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Grey Gardens

Friday, June 13th, 7:30pm

Grey Gardens

Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer, 1976, 94 min.

Meet Big and Little Edie Beale—high-society dropouts, mother and daughter, reclusive cousins of Jackie O.—thriving together amid the decay and disorder of their ramshackle East Hampton mansion. An impossibly intimate portrait and an eerie echo of the Kennedy Camelot, Albert and David Maysles’ Grey Gardens quickly became a cult classic and established Little Edie as a fashion icon and philosopher queen. The film and the Beales themselves have since inspired fashion lines, songs, a broadway musical, several off-broadway shows, and a 2009 HBO film starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.

Q&A with director Albert Maysles, Jerry "The Marble Faun" Torre, a character in Grey Gardens, comedian/actor/writer Taylor Negron (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bio-Dome, Stuart Little, The Last Boy Scout and The Aristocrats) and historian Michael Henry Adams ("Harlem Lost and Found" and the upcoming book "Homo Harlem").

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI62e0fRieo

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/730730

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Elementary Genocide

Saturday, June 7th, 7:30pm

Elementary Genocide

Rahiem Shabazz, 2014, 60 min.

Elementary Genocide: From Primary to Penitentiary exposes the socially engineered mechanism created by our government and utilizing the public school system to label elementary aged African American males as work for hire targets within the US penal system. Many refuse to believe there is a corporate attack on the minds and productivity of Black youth through intercepting their educational, economical and social development, and resulting in statistically funneling them through the revolving doors of the criminal justice system. Elementary Genocide confirms this theory and seeks to educate parents, teachers and families, so that we can reclaim our young men and ensure the future of our community.

Q&A to follow screening with director Rahiem Shabazz, Lawrence "Babba" Hayes (member of the United Nations international organization Hands Off Cane) and Tracey D. Syphax, the best selling author of "From The Block To The Boardroom").

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgMvXoj_LXY

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/669733

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Staunch! A Grey Gardens Celebration VI

(Our 6th annual weekend-long meditation on the legacy of Albert and David Maysles' seminal Cinéma vérité documentary Grey Gardens. Staunch VI's theme is "performance" and takes a look at some of the most incredible hams from Little and Big Edie to Brando to ever grace a Maysles Brothers production.)

H.E.F.F on 95

Thursday, June 5th, 7:30pm

H.E.F.F. on 95

(The 2014 Haverhill Experimental Film Festival)

A curatorial venture down Interstate 95 showcasing the winning films of the 2014 Haverhill Experimental Film Festival. This endeavor gives the opportunity for filmmakers to screen their artwork in multiple venues hitting major stops that include Manhattan, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, and ending in Durham, North Carolina.

The roughly 1.5 hour program will feature contemporary work in avant-garde cinema at a national and international level. It will highlight various films from abstract home VHS distortion flicks to 16mm direct animation works to experimental documentaries.

This tour and festival itself hope to extinguish the Hollywood standard of the moving image by showing major cities an idea of what this art form can accomplish: a true, purer method of capturing reality.

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Doin' It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball NYC

Thursday, May 22nd - Wednesday, May 28th, 7:30pm

(Back by Popular Demand!)

Doin' It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC

Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau, 2012, 83 min.

Doin’ It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC is an independent documentary directed by Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau. The film explores the definition, history, culture and social impact of New York’s summer b-ball scene, the worldwide “Mecca” of the sport. In New York City, pick-up basketball is not just a sport. It is a way of life. There are 700+ outdoor courts, and an estimated 500,000 players, the most loyal of which approach the game as a religion, and the playground as their church. “You can play high school or college for four years. You can play Pro for a decade. You can play pick-up . . . for life.” Doin’ It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC lovingly uncovers this movement through the voices of playground legends, NBA athletes, and most importantly the common ballplayer who all day looks forward to calling “next” game at their local schoolyard. Co-directors Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau visited 180 courts throughout NYC’s five boroughs to create their debut documentary. They traveled to a majority of the locations by bicycle, carrying camera equipment and a basketball in their backpacks. The film’s title refers as much to the subject matter as it does to the method of filmmaking, providing an unprecedented perspective on Urban America’s most popular, and accessible, free recreation. Features "Pee Wee" Kirkland, God Shammgod, Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Kenny "The Jet" Smith, Kenny "Chibbs" Anderson, Jack "Blackjack" Ryan, Geoff Huston, Mark Norman aka "The Movie," Richard "Crazy Legs" Colon, Corey "Homicide" Williams, Niki "The Model" Avery, James "Fly" Williams, Miliani "M & M" Malik, and "Smush" Parker.

Q&A with director Bobbito Garcia to follow the screenings on Thursday, May 22nd and Wednesday, May 28th.

This series is made possible in part with public funds from NYSCA’s' Electronic Media and Film Presentation Funds grant program, administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (www.NYSCA.org www.eARTS.org).

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy6vq0Pt8cc

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No Time for Hate: A Benefit Night for the Ali Forney Center

Monday, May 19th, 7:00pm

The Maysles Cinema & United Muslim Alliance Present The 5th Annual

Malcolm X On Film & Panel Discussion In Celebration Of The 89th Birthday Of Malcolm:

Then & Now, The Legacy of Malcolm X-El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Lives On

Co-sponsored by the People's Survival Program

Autobiography Of Malcolm X: His Own Story As It Really Happened

Dir. Marvin Worth, 1972, color & B/W 92 min.

Adapted for the screen from the autobiography he wrote with Alex Haley’s assistance, Malcolm X (released two decades before the Spike Lee film Malcolm X) is a stirring portrait of the man whose life has become a rallying cry for millions. Includes rare footage of his speeches and interviews as well as newsreel footage. Narrated by James Earl Jones with Martin Luther King, Betty Shabazz, Ossie Davis, Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, Rap Brown, Angela Davis and many more.

Panel Discussion TBA, hosted by Zulu Queen Amber "Pepsi" Cartha.

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5th Annual Malcolm X On Film & Panel Discussion In Celebration Of The 89th Birthday Of Malcolm:

Monday, May 19th, 7:00pm

The Maysles Cinema & United Muslim Alliance Present The 5th Annual

Malcolm X On Film & Panel Discussion In Celebration Of The 89th Birthday Of Malcolm:

Then & Now, The Legacy of Malcolm X-El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Lives On

Co-sponsored by the People's Survival Program

Autobiography Of Malcolm X: His Own Story As It Really Happened

Dir. Marvin Worth, 1972, color & B/W 92 min.

Adapted for the screen from the autobiography he wrote with Alex Haley’s assistance, Malcolm X (released two decades before the Spike Lee film Malcolm X) is a stirring portrait of the man whose life has become a rallying cry for millions. Includes rare footage of his speeches and interviews as well as newsreel footage. Narrated by James Earl Jones with Martin Luther King, Betty Shabazz, Ossie Davis, Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, Rap Brown, Angela Davis and many more.

Panel Discussion TBA, hosted by Zulu Queen Amber "Pepsi" Cartha.

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BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/699122

Four Days of African Docs and Verite Fiction

African Film Festival Inc., Doc Watchers' Inc, and Maysles Cinema Present:

Four Days of African Docs and Verite Fiction

Curated by Hellura Lyle and Mahen Bonetti  

Thursday, May 15th, 7:00pm

Miners Shot Down

Rehad Desai, 2014, 85 min, South Africa

In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a strike for better wages. Six days later, the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. What emerges is collusion at the top, spiraling violence and the country’s first post-colonial massacre.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkK_T_vz7cY

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/663040

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African Film Festival Inc., Doc Watchers' Inc, and Maysles Cinema Present:

Four Days of African Docs and Verite Fiction

Curated by Hellura Lyle and Mahen Bonetti

Friday, May 16th,  7:00pm

Last Song Before the War           

Kiley Kraskouskas, 2012, 90 min, US/Mali

Last Song Before the War is a feature-length documentary that captures the inspiring rise and uncertain future of the annual Festival re of Mali’in the Desert. The festival history is told from the perspective of the co-founder and festival director, Manny Ansar, the musicians who perform and the intrepid travelers from around the world who make the long journey to attend the festival. Against the backdrop of stunning musical performances, the film subtly reveals the challenges and triumphs of creating an artistic event in such challenging economic and political circumstances.

Post-Screening Q&A with filmmakers & reception.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jovfADZXRs

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/663046

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African Film Festival Inc., Doc Watchers' Inc, and Maysles Cinema Present:

Four Days of African Docs and Verite Fiction

Curated by Hellura Lyle and Mahen Bonetti

Saturday, May 17th, 4:00pm           

Spotlight on Sudan

Cultural Healing Community Cinema Project

The Cultural Healing project trained Sudanese journalism students, civil society representatives and young people to make short documentary films that expressed their cultures and traditions. This project is based on a concept developed by British-Sudanese filmmaker Taghreed Elsanhouri.

Abuna

Mudzamil, 2013, 11 min., Sudan

A touching tribute to Ami Abdalseed, the caretaker and cook for the Red Sea High-school for boys. As generations of students fondly recollect their memories of Abdalseed, a powerful portrait of a man prepared to live by his principles and defy authority in his own unique way begins to emerge.

Coming Soon

Mustafa Jawhar and Hind Elsheik, 2013,16min, Sudan

A town pays tribute to an abandoned cinema.

The Crying Sea

Aladin Reyhan and Hashim Fath Alrahman, 2013, 12 min, Sudan

The Crying Sea celebrates the gift of the Red Sea to the city of Port Sudan and makes an urgent plea to its citizens to wake up to the consequences of sea pollution.

Mohamed Abdalaziem (aka Fox), 2013, 14 min., Sudan

This film follows a Southern Sudanese musician as he bids a prolonged and bittersweet farewell to Khartoum, the city in which he grew up, before his repatriation to South Sudan.

Only a Child

Eltahir Daoud , 2013, 10 min, Sudan  

This film tells the story of a young boy who has given up his schooling so his brothers can continue with their education.

 Tayba

Maha Abdalmoniem, 2013, 11 min, Sudan

An intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s aunt as she, from the repose of old age, recollects how she overcame the stigma of divorce and forged an independent life as a woman alone.

Train of Longing

Najwa Yaasin, 2013, 13 min, 2013, Sudan

Atbara was once known as the city of iron and steel and it was the railway that made it one of the most cosmopolitan and prosperous corners of Sudan. This film tells the tale of a city and its population and how the coming of the railway changed them both.

Post-Screening Q&A with Tagreed Elsanhouri and filmmakers & reception.

BPT:http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/663049

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African Film Festival Inc., Doc Watchers' Inc, and Maysles Cinema Present:

Four Days of African Docs and Verite Fiction

Curated by Hellura Lyle and Mahen Bonetti

Saturday, May 17th, 7:30pm

Sodiq           

Michael Adeyemi, 2013, 44 min, UK

Hailing from a North Peckham estate, 20-year old Sodiq Adeojo’s childhood dreams to be a doctor were on the cusp of being realized, with offers from universities including King’s College. However, when he was charged with the gang-related shooting of an equally gifted teenager, two promising futures were shattered in one stroke. With a scrupulous look at the evidence in the case, director Michael goes right to the heart of this tragic story.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrDl7Vly5mY

Rêve Kakudji           

Ibbe Daniëls & Koen Vidal, 2013, 73 min, Belgium

Serge Kakudji is a twenty-year-old Congolese countertenor who fell in love with opera as a young boy, listening to cassette tapes of opera recordings in his room in Lumubashi. Rêve Kakudji follows Serge to Europe as he works to make it to the top of the classical opera world.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFnmpcGTFmk

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/663110

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African Film Festival Inc., Doc Watchers' Inc, and Maysles Cinema Present:

Four Days of African Docs and Verite Fiction

Curated by Hellura Lyle and Mahen Bonetti

Sunday, May 18th, 4:00pm          

Curse of an Addict           

Lovinsa Kavuma, 2013, 25 min, Tanzania

Seif is a young Muslim heroin addict who believes he is cursed. In a battle to be free, he seeks help from a Sheik who conducts an exorcism and summons the curse.

A Lot Like You           

Eliaichi Kimaro, 2011, 80 min

Eliaichi Kimaro is a mixed-race, first-generation American with a Tanzanian father and Korean mother. When her retired father moves back to Tanzania, Eliaichi begins a project that examines the intricate fabric of her multiracial identity.

Post-screening Q&A via Skype with Director.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyyPg6pZves

BPT:  http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/663067

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African Film Festival Inc., Doc Watchers' Inc, and Maysles Cinema Present:

Four Days of African Docs and Verite Fiction

Curated by Hellura Lyle and Mahen Bonetti

Sunday, May 18th,  7:00pm

Living Funeral

(Narrative Short

Udoka Oyeka, 2013, 21 min, Nigeria

Living Funeral tells the inspiring story a young woman coming to terms with her battle with breast cancer. It portrays an incredible journey of hope, bravery and despair. To help her family deal with their grief, the young woman arranges a farewell for her family to help ease their pain; a celebration of life… A living funeral.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRqxVja0KPo

B for Boy     

(Narrative Feature)

Chika Anadu, 2013, 118 min, Nigeria

In contemporary Nigeria, a 40-year-old pregnant woman raises a 7-year-old daughter, runs her own successful business and maintains a happy marriage. However, her failure to produce a son for her husband makes her a target of derision among family, friends and neighbors. When her pregnancy ends unexpectedly in a miscarriage, she takes extreme measures to keep the hope of a male heir alive.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEhTbVimeX4

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/66308

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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem Presents: Jazz on Film

Tuesday, May 13th, 7:00pm

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem Presents: Jazz on Film

 (Saluting the 2014 Jazz At Lincoln Center Hall of Fame Inductees)

This year, bandleader/arranger Fletcher Henderson, drummer Elvin Jones, guitarist Wes Montgomery and singer Betty Carter have been elected to Jazz At Lincoln Center's Hall of Fame. Join us for an evening of film celebrating their unwise artistry - it's one thing to listen to their recordings, and another to see it!

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Film Voyagers

Sunday, May 4th, 2:00pm

Sunday, May 11th, 2:00pm

Film Voyagers

A weekly program of films for younger children age 3 to 7 and their caregivers: films from around the world --most animation -- geared toward a young audience. $8 Suggested Donation.

The Little Polar Bear

Piet De Rycker, Thilo Rothkirch, 2001, 78 mins, Germany

The Little Polar Bear (German: Der kleine Eisbär) tell the story of a Polar Bear cub named Lars who first starred in a number of books written by Dutch author, Hans de Beer. Lars is a young polar bear who finds the big, frosty world just a little overwhelming. Then he meets Robbie, who's funny, friendly, and a seal!

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Film Voyagers

Sunday, April 27th, 2:00pm

Film Voyagers

A weekly program of films for younger children age 3 to 7 and their caregivers: films from around the world -- most animation -- geared toward a young audience. $8 Suggested Donation.

The Adventures of Reksio

Józef Ćwiertnia (1,4,6), Lechosław Marszałek (2), Halina Filek-Marszałek (3,7), Romuald Kłys (5), 2004, 65 mins., Poland

Reksio (Rex) is a very famous children's cartoon character in Poland, and this set of seven different cartoons follows Reksio as he meets up with new friends and has many grand adventures. Join Reksio and his friends through all follies and fun! 7 short animated films originally made for Polish television, these cartoons (using no dialogue) cross national boundaries with their appeal.

Bolek and Lolek Are Going Camping

Edward Water, Leszek Lorek, Wladyslaw Nehabrecki, Stanislaw Dutz, 2000, 64 min., Poland

Bolek and Lolek are young explorers who travel the world in their imaginations. A hit throughout Poland and in much of Europe, this charming cartoon boasts a capricious animation style and whimsical sound effects, enchanting viewers without the need for dialogue. This universal approach helped make Bolek and Lolek a hit with kids everywhere, like when it was picked up by Nickelodeon in America. Bolek and Lolek Are Going Camping comprises seven cartoons about wild times in the great outdoors.

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