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343 Lenox Avenue (Malcolm X Boulevard), New York, NY, 10027
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JANUARY and beyond @ MAYSLES CINEMA
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The Fuzzystar Organization Presents:
Ernest Goes to Camp "Fuzz'd Up"

Curated by Dan Cooper
 

Earnest

Keelings Caribbean Showcase
Hit Me With Music

Blacks in Experimental Film
Blacks in Experimental Film

Saturday, Jan. 28 @ 10:00 pm
Ernest Goes to Camp
John R. Cherry III, 1987, 105 min.

The Fuzzystar Organization is proud to present the "Fuzz'd Up" version of Ernest Goes to Camp. Join the Fuzzystar crew for a very special screening of this 1987 comedy classic. The evening will feature new scenes, live skits, and even a baadger attack! Screening starts at 10pm, with a short reception to follow.
Keeling's Caribbean Showcase
Curated by Keeling Beckford of Keeling's Reggae Music and Videos
Sunday, Jan. 29 @ 7:30 pm
Hit Me With Music
Dir. Miquel Galofre, 2011, 74 min.

AFTER THE SCREENING: Q&A with director Miquel Galofre!
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Blacks in Experimental Film
Lost & Forgotten Images of Blacks on Film. Curated by 8mmAnonymous

 

 

Friday, February 3 @ 7:30 pm
Blacks in Experimental Film
Materials shown are likely to include an excerpt from Ralph Bakshi's Coonskin, a minstrel show from the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco, Little Black Sambo, Bert Williams performance footage, excerpts from African Pygmy Thrills and Our Gang, footage of the Harlem Globetrotters, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali and Duke Ellington's Black and Tan Fantasy and mid-century Black home movies and travelogues (Europe! Paris!).

An audience led discussion will follow the screening
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Rezoning Harlem DVDs are available, on site at the Maysles Cinema, for the discounted price of $15.00
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For a limited time: Agnès Varda DVDs Daguerréotypes, The Beaches of Agnès and Cinevardaphoto available for purchase at the Maysles Cinema for the discounted price of $20.00 each! ($27 on Amazon).

Varda Films

RECENT PRESS:

'Cinema Verité: Maysles creates cinematic discourse uptown '

"...It's a feeling I've had [that feeling] many times since joining the Cinema staff—that desire to shout the screening times from rooftops, hire a skywriter—anything to get people to 127th & Lenox to witness the feats these artists and organizers continue to accomplish."
-Anneliese Cooper, The Eye, The Columbia Spectator Magazine, October 13th, 2011 (Anneliese is a current design intern at the Maysles Institute- find out more about Anneliese here and about our internship opportunities here.)

 
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'Choosing Cinematheque Over Cineplex'

"....The most enterprising microcinemas promise not just a film that isn't showing anywhere else but also an experience tailored around it. Context is everything...At the Maysles Cinema in Harlem the publication in the spring of Manning Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, occasioned the screening of videos by Mr. Marable's stepson, Michael Tyner, and a panel on Malcolm X's legacy that featured the poet Amiri Baraka. "
-Dennis Lim, The New York Times, Sunday Arts and Leisure Section, September 4th, 2011

 
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The New York Times

'Niche movie theaters: Maysles Cinema'

"This nonprofit Harlem theater is devoted to nonfiction programming, just as you’d expect from founder Albert Maysles, who with his late brother directed documentary classics such as Grey Gardens. Perfect for: Doc lovers who relish the chance to talk to filmmakers postscreening. "
- Alison Willmore, Time Out New York, "Fall Preview" issue, August 24, 2011

 

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Maysles Movie Center Among Grant Winners
"The Maysles Institute, the Harlem organization that runs a documentary movie house and community filmmaking classes, was one of 13 nonprofit organizations to receive a grant at the 2010 Union Square Awards on Friday..." - Nicolas Rapold, The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 6, 2010

  Union Square Awards