☞ SEE: Homo Harlem: A Film Retropspective

Monday, June 21st, 6:30 PM at the Museum of the City of New York. The Museum celebrates Pride Week 2010 with the opening night of Maysles Cinema's second annual Homo Harlem film series featuring a screening of The Polymath, or, The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman directed by Fred Barney Taylor. Raised in Harlem, Samuel R. Delany is an award winning science fiction writer whose numerous credits also include penning several episodes of the Wonder Woman comic book. Using a range of experimental techniques and borrowed footage from Delany's home movies, Taylor captures his subject's thoughts on racism, violence and his struggles with sexual identity. Following the screening, Homo Harlem Film Festival curator Michael Henry Adams will conduct a discussion with Samuel R. Delany and Fred Barney Taylor.

This week-long event investigates the cinematic representation of gay life and culture in black America's fabled homeland. This series is co-sponsored by State Senator Bill Perkins, Men of All Colors Together, Harlem United, Harlem Sage, and Queer Black Cinema. For a series schedule visit www.mayslesinstitute.org. Following the panel discussion There will be reception, hosted by Cafe Saint Germain, JTE Spirits, and Sugar Hill Beer.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: $12 Non-Members, $8 Seniors and Students, $6 Museum Members. *A two dollar surcharge applies for unreserved, walk-in participants. For more information, call 917.492.3395. The Museum of the City of New York, located in East Harlem, is at 1220 Fifth Avenue, between 103rd and 104th Street. Nearest subway is the 6 train at 103rd Street or 2,3 at 110th Street. Buy Tickets on line: www.mcny.org.