Remembering the Renaissance uses the wide-ranging lens of documentary film to capture and commemorate, explore and expand the many layers of experience that made up--and continue to make up--the Harlem Renaissance. The series brings together a variety of film sources to examine visual representations of the Renaissance (mostly nonfictional) and the lasting influence of these representations on political and artistic output, collective memory, present-day black experiences, and the Harlem of today.

Poster design by Savio Zigbi Johnson

I Remember Harlem

Thursday, February 20

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Looking For Langston

Friday, April 24
Digital Screening & Panel Discussion in Partnership with Poets House

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Queer Harlem Renaissance

May 14-27

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Innovation is the Act of Remembering: Live Sidewalk VJ Set

July 17
Remember to remember don’t forget to remember –Nandé Proverb

Through the voices of the 20th century, from the Harlem Renaissance to present day we explore the voices from the past as we collectively begin to re-imagine our future in 2020.

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Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things

July 19
Free preview & virtual panel discussion with Herb Boyd (acclaimed Amsterdam News Journalist and writer); Loren Schoenberg (Founding Director of the Jazz Museum in Harlem); Camille Thurman (Jazz Musician and Composer); and Reggie Nadelson (Producer of Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things).

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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

September 25 - October 1

Sidewalk Cinema screening on the second of October

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In Motion: Amiri Baraka

September 25 - October 1

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Jazz on a Summer’s Day

September 12