Summer of Music: Hustlers Convention At Maysles In Harlem (video)
While largely unknown, the 1973 album "Hustlers Convention" is regarded as a cornerstone in the evolution of Hip Hop.Continue reading
From Mambo to Hip-Hop: A South Bronx Tale At Maysles In Harlem
There's a postage stamp of urban sidewalk known by people of a certain age for having burned to the ground. A more recent generation knows it as the place where hip-hop was born. Continue reading
The Spirit Moves: Harlem Swings At Maysles Cinema In Harlem
The Spirit Moves: Harlem Swings is a three part series looking at NYC popular dance in non-fiction film curated by Sophie Windsor Clive. Continue reading
Mama C: Urban Warrior in the African Bush At Maysles In Harlem
The film explores Charlotte O'Neal's, aka Mama C's, decade's long project of coming to terms with who she is an African American raised in Kansas City, KS, the "jazz-capital of the world," who has lived most of her life in Africa, the place from where her ancestors were forced to make the "middle-passage."Continue reading
