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The Maysles Cinema and Maysles Institute are located at
343 Lenox Avenue (Malcolm X Boulevard), New York, NY, 10027
Between 127th and 128th. 2/3, 4,5,6, A,B,C,D to 125th street
All screenings suggested donation $10, unless otherwise noted.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Box Office:
Open for advance ticket purchases Mon. - Fri., 12 - 6pm, and one hour before all events until event end.Check the calendar for event dates and times. (212) 582-6050 |
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Blacks in Experimental Film
Lost & Forgotten Images of Blacks on Film. Curated by 8mmAnonymous |
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Blacks in Experimental Film
  
The Four Aces Story: Legacy in The Dust
Talking Landscape: Early Media Work, 1974-1984 (2012) |
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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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Keeling's Caribbean Showcase
Curated by Keeling Beckford of Keeling's Reggae Music and Videos |
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Sunday, February 5th @ 7:30 pm
The Four Aces Story:
Legacy in The Dust
Winstan Whitter, 2007, 100 min.
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Documentary in Bloom
Curated by Livia Bloom |
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WORLD PREMIERE
February 13th - 19th @ 7:30pm
Talking Landscape: Early Media Work, 1974-1984 (2012)
Dir. Andrea Callard, 2012, 80 min.,
Q&A discussion with director Andrea Callard, moderated by curator Livia Bloom, will follow the screenings on Thursday, February 16, and Saturday, February 18.
Callard's original prints will be on exhibit at The Maysles Cinema from February 1-March 1, 2012.
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Check out pictures from past events here>
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Rezoning Harlem DVDs are available, on site at the Maysles Cinema,
for the discounted price of $15.00
Rezoning Harlem Website>
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).
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'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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| '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
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