This is a tribute to the Harlem-born activist and documentarian, St. Clair Bourne, showcasing Bourne's work, Black Documentary Collective films and other historic documentary and narrative films celebrating New York's Harlem and the African Diaspora.

I Remember Harlem • Parts 1 & 2 (120 mins.)
Dir. William Miles, 1980, 240 mins.
This four-hour special traces Harlem's 350-year history, evoking one of America's most vibrant and volatile communities. As a visual counterpart to the oral histories in the film, Miles unearthed old photographs and motion picture films and newsreel footage, much of it rare and never before seen on television. In early 1982, one year after it was broadcast, I Remember Harlem won an Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia University Citation and an American Film Festival Award. Director will attend Thursday's screening.

part 1: "The Early Years (1658-1930)", 1980, (60 mins.)
part 2: "The Depression Years", 1980, (60 mins.)

Classified X
Dir. Mark Daniels, 1998, 50 mins.
Melvin Van Peebles (writer/performer), director of the breakthrough movie, Sweet Sweetback's Badassss Song, turns his acerbic insights and acid-dripped humor on Hollywood's utilization of its sepia citizens. Classified X examines the treatment of black characters throughout the history of American cinema. Van Peebles uses examples from classic films beginning with footage by Thomas Edison in 1903 to the present, tracing how Hollywood has aided and abetted the public perception of the African-American down through the years.

Films by the Black Documentary Collective and Other Filmmakers

NEW GENERATION FILMMAKERS: 5:30-7:00 PM

Krumbs
Dir. Margaret Seescape, 2007, 23 mins.
After 23 years of work as an underpaid and under-employed baker, Adrienne Braxton aspires to have a storefront of her own. Krumbs is a short documentary about Adrienne's dream to create a future for her family, out of "Krumbs," a line of baked goods that she sells on a street-corner in Brooklyn.

K.O.S. Knowledge of Self
Dir. Tawana Pettus, 2008, 7 mins.
A young black man who breaks away from his world of chaos to find his own knowledge of self. It's a day in the life piece, that has themes of anger, redemption, forgiveness and spirituality.

Black Woman
Dir. Joyia D. Bradley, 2007, 9 mins.
A stylized homage to the Blaxploitation movies of the 70's, "Black Woman" is a humorous social satire examining the different ways in which Black women are abused, taken for granted and disrespected on a day-to-day basis.

The Black American Experience In Harlem
Dir. Raymond Dorante, 2008, 6 mins.
A short profile of then 99 year old long-time Harlem resident Elyse White.
She passed unexpectedly soon after filming was completed.

MAIN SCREENING PROGRAM: HARLEM AS MY CENTER 7:15-10:40 PM

One People
Dir. Al Santana, 32 mins.
Against the backdrop of a gentrified Harlem community, the story centers on two sisters who have opposite views about social responsibility and the role of artists. They challenge each other on the purity of art and the need for art to inspire social change. Together, they discover a politicized Lorraine Hansberry.

Hats By Bunn
Dir. Charles Martin, 2007, 30 mins.
Hats by Bunn is a documentary that observes the fascinating business owner, Bunn, and his rare milliner's art and most importantly the aura of his hats, every one custom made at his shop in Harlem.

Guilded Six Bits
Dir. Booker T. Madison, 2001, 29 mins.
The screen adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's classic story starring Chad Coleman as Joe Banks a simple, hard working family man and T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh as his loving wife Missy Mae, a small girl with big city dreams. This is the story of a happy couple whose life is disrupted when a fancy hustler played by Wendell Pierce comes to town enticing Missy Mae with the promise of gold.

110 Morningside
Dir. Nicholle LaVann, 2005, 11 mins.
The film focuses on one Harlem apartment as a cultural place that attracts, poets, musicians and wanderers. The artists of 110 Morningside represent the radical, non-commercial edge of this movement. They meet intimately in a living room and express their 1st amendment rights without fear of misrepresentation, censorship or racial bias.

Double Dutch Divas
Dir. Nicole Franklin, 2000, 49 mins.
The Double Dutch Divas-- with names like Spirit, Smooth, Faith, Heart, Spice, Joy, Sassy and Lady Di-- are the core of a team that has mastered the art of jumping and dancing double Dutch during their twenty years together. They are a real life example of sisterhood at its best.

Marcus Garvey-Look For Me In The Whirlwind
Dir. Stanley Nelson, 2001, 90 mins.
He was both a visionary and a manipulator, a brilliant orator and a pompous autocrat. In just ten years following his emigration to the United States as a laborer in 1917, Marcus Garvey rose to lead the largest black organization in history, was taken to prison in handcuffs, and was eventually deported. Marcus Garvey is the dramatic story of the rise and fall of an African American leader who influenced politics and culture around the world.

I Remember Harlem •Parts 3 & 4 (120 mins.)
Dir: Dir. William Miles, 1980, 240 mins.
See above description. Director will be in attendence.

part 3: "Toward Freedom" 1980, (60 mins.)
part 4: "Toward a New Day" 1980, (60 mins.)

Films by the Black Documentary Collective and Other Filmmakers

NEW GENERATION FILMMAKERS: 5:30-7:00 PM

Owning The Oasis
Dir. Chloe Walters Wallace, 2008, 17 mins.
What does it mean to own a home -- on a very unusual historic street in East Harlem, New York City? Owning the Oasis is an experience of life and philosophy on the extraordinary street of Sylvan Terrace, as portrayed by filmmaker and co-owner of #19 Sylvan Terrace, Chloe Walters Wallace.

Krumbs
Dir. Margaret Seescape, 2007, 23 mins.
After 23 years of work as an underpaid and under-employed baker, Adrienne Braxton aspires to have a storefront of her own. Krumbs is a short documentary about Adrienne's dream to create a future for her family, out of "Krumbs," a line of baked goods that she sells on a street-corner in Brooklyn.

K.O.S. Knowledge of Self
Dir. Tawana Pettus, 2008, 7 mins.
A young black man who breaks away from his world of chaos to find his own knowledge of self. It's a day in the life piece, that has themes of anger, redemption, forgiveness and spirituality.

Black Woman
Dir. Joyia D. Bradley, 2007, 9 mins.
A stylized homage to the Blaxploitation movies of the 70's, "Black Woman" is a humorous social satire examining the different ways in which Black women are abused, taken for granted and disrespected on a day-to-day basis.

The Black American Experience In Harlem
Dir. Raymond Dorante, 2008, 6 mins.
A short profile of then 99 year old long-time Harlem resident Elyse White.
She passed unexpectedly soon after filming was completed.

MAIN SCREENING PROGRAM: HARLEM AS MY CENTER 7:15-10:40 PM

One People
Dir. Al Santana, 32 mins.
Against the backdrop of a gentrified Harlem community, the story centers on two sisters who have opposite views about social responsibility and the role of artists. They challenge each other on the purity of art and the need for art to inspire social change. Together, they discover a politicized Lorraine Hansberry.

Hats By Bunn
Dir. Charles Martin, 2007, 30 mins.
Hats by Bunn is a documentary that observes the fascinating business owner, Bunn, and his rare milliner's art and most importantly the aura of his hats, every one custom made at his shop in Harlem.

Guilded Six Bits
Dir. Booker T. Madison, 2001, 29 mins.
The screen adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's classic story starring Chad Coleman as Joe Banks a simple, hard working family man and T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh as his loving wife Missy Mae, a small girl with big city dreams. This is the story of a happy couple whose life is disrupted when a fancy hustler played by Wendell Pierce comes to town enticing Missy Mae with the promise of gold.

110 Morningside
Dir. Nicholle LaVann, 2005, 11 mins.
The film focuses on one Harlem apartment as a cultural place that attracts, poets, musicians and wanderers. The artists of 110 Morningside represent the radical, non-commercial edge of this movement. They meet intimately in a living room and express their 1st amendment rights without fear of misrepresentation, censorship or racial bias.

Double Dutch Divas
Dir. Nicole Franklin, 2000, 49 mins.
The Double Dutch Divas-- with names like Spirit, Smooth, Faith, Heart, Spice, Joy, Sassy and Lady Di-- are the core of a team that has mastered the art of jumping and dancing double Dutch during their twenty years together. They are a real life example of sisterhood at its best.

Marcus Garvey-Look For Me In The Whirlwind
Dir. Stanley Nelson, 2001, 90 mins.
He was both a visionary and a manipulator, a brilliant orator and a pompous autocrat. In just ten years following his emigration to the United States as a laborer in 1917, Marcus Garvey rose to lead the largest black organization in history, was taken to prison in handcuffs, and was eventually deported. Marcus Garvey is the dramatic story of the rise and fall of an African American leader who influenced politics and culture around the world.

Panel: The Impact of St. Clair Bourne's Life and Work
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Moderator: Michelle Materre
Panelists: Pearl Bowser, William Greaves, Jacquie Jones, Bobby Shepard

1:40 pm – 8:00 pm
Film Screenings:

Harlem Renaissance
Dir. Bill Greaves (2008), 20 minute excerpt

St. Clair Bourne Works:

Black Journal Excerpts
St. Claire Bourne worked as producer, writer and director for Black Journal, the first one-hour monthly fnational Black public affairs documentary series produced by the National Educational Television network.

Statues Hardly Ever Smile
A Chamba Production, 1970, 20 mins.
St Clair Bourne, Stan lathan, Kent Garret and Charles Hobeson.
A group of African American children experience African culture moving among the ancient art objects and interacting through a storyteller. Shot on location in the Brooklyn Museum. Print courtesy of ADI /CEFS (African Diaspora Images formerly Chamba Educational Film Services)

The Black And The Green
Dir. St. Clair Bourne, 30 minute excerpt
A narrative documentary chronicling a trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland by five Black American activists.

Making "Do the Right Thing"(pending approval)
Dir. St. Clair Bourne, 1989, 60 mins.
A narrative documentary about the making of Spike Lee's feature film Do the Right Thing in Brooklyn, NY.

John Henrik Clarke: A Great And Mighty Walk
Dir. St. Clair Bourne, 1996, 95 mins.
A feature-length documentary about the life and times of the Pan-African scholar/activist. Executive produced and narrated by Wesley Snipes.

When the Spirits Dance Mambo (Excerpt)
Dir. Bobby Shepard, 2003, 30 mins.
When the Spirits Dance Mambo is an open invitation to feel the power of African sacred spirits from ritual to popular New York and Cuban stages. A tapestry of historical information, sites and sounds, When the Spirits Dance Mambo travels from past to present documenting the continuing power of ancestral cultural traditions.

Namibia: Independence Now!
Producers Pearl Bowser and Alan Segal, 1985, 55 mins.
The film is shot on location under protection of SWAPO and the UN Council for Namibia documents the Namibian government in exile and its people in the struggle for liberation from South Africa.