Harlem New York City Movies

  • 1981
    Will

    Will

    Will

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    A girls’ basketball coach is fighting through a heroin addiction while mentoring a 12-year-old street kid adopted by Will and his wife.

    Will
  • 2019
    Strive

    Strive

    Strive

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    Kalani (Joi Campbell), is a teenager living in Harlem with her older brother Jacob, and her younger sister, Bebe, while her mother struggles to make...

    Strive
  • 1942
    Take My Life

    Take My Life

    Take My Life

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    A well-meaning doctor lends his building to a group of neighborhood kids. When the neighbors learn that the kids are members of a tough Harlem gang,...

    Take My Life
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1938
    Gang Smashers

    Gang Smashers

    Gang Smashers

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    An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketeers going on around Harlem. Meanwhile two men are...

    Gang Smashers
  • 1972
    Black Rodeo

    Black Rodeo

    Black Rodeo

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

    Black Rodeo
  • 1995
    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience

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    A feature length documentary that tells the story of nine young men and women constructing positive lives as they face the challenges of growing up...

    Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience
  • 1979
    Harlem Nocturne

    Harlem Nocturne

    Harlem Nocturne

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    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
  • 1978
    Drugs In America

    Drugs In America

    Drugs In America

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    Documentary on drug use in America

    Drugs In America
  • 1970
    Don't Take Harlem

    Don't Take Harlem

    Don't Take Harlem

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    “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
  • 1970
    Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee

    Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee

    Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee

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

    Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee