Harlem New York City Movies
- 1942
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,...
- 2004
Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem
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Some of the world's best jazz, R & B, hip-hop, rap, gospel and Latin musicians perform classic and modern songs in this 2004 benefit show...
- 1939
Moon Over Harlem
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Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue (Izanetta...
- 1984
The Long Night of Lady Day
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This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and...
- 1937
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...
- 2018
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...
- 1978
Drugs In America
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Documentary on drug use in America
- 1942
Jam Session
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Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.
- 1970
Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee
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A 1977 film portrait of the 90-year-old photographer.
- 1934
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
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This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington)...
- 1979
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...
- 1970
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...