Harlem New York City Movies

This was one of a series of concerts James Brown gave at the Apollo in Harlem in March 1968. This performance was broadcast on television as James...

Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.

Harlem, 1943. Sonny is a struggling African American who frequents the bingo parlor in a desperate attempt to provide for his family in...

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...

This production was originally staged for the Pepsico Summerfare Festival, The International Performing Arts Festival of the State University of New...

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...

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

“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...

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,...

This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and...

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...

Documentary on drug use in America

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