STREAMING: TWO GODS AT MAYSLES CINEMA

May 21st to June 3rd,  Two Gods, streaming through Maysles Cinema, 343 Lenox Avenue by 127th Street. In an area of Newark where too many funerals commemorate tragically short lives, Hanif, an older man with a troubled past, works as a casket maker and ritual body washer. He is committed to his work and to his Islamic faith and is also a dedicated mentor to two local kids-Furquan, a confident 12-year-old who comes from a rough home and Naz, a 17-year-old who has been fighting through his own struggles as a young Black man growing up in Newark   More details for $10 online streaming at the Maysles Cinema site: LINK

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STREAMING: TWO GODS AT MAYSLES CINEMA

May 21st to June 3rd,  Two Gods, streaming through Maysles Cinema, 343 Lenox Avenue by 127th Street. In an area of Newark where too many funerals commemorate tragically short lives, Hanif, an older man with a troubled past, works as a casket maker and ritual body washer. He is committed to his work and to his Islamic faith and is also a dedicated mentor to two local kids-Furquan, a confident 12-year-old who comes from a rough home and Naz, a 17-year-old who has been fighting through his own struggles as a young Black man growing up in Newark   More details for $10 online streaming at the Maysles Cinema site: LINK

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STREAMING: OURS TO HEAL AT MAYSLES CINEMA

April 26th to May 9th,  Ours to Heal, virtual FREE screenings courtesy Maysles Cinema.   In an examination of the American healthcare system, Ours To Heal gathers together films that explore the concepts, actions and institutions involved with caring for and healing people both within and outside of dominant Western practices. Drawing inspiration from the feminist and economic thought of Angela Davis, this series connects how we care for, conceptualize, determine to heal and politicize the human body especially as imbued with the weighted concepts of Blackness, womanhood, and labor.   More details for FREE online streaming at the Maysles Cinema site: LINK

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STREAMING: SOL CINEMA CAFE ONLINE

Harlem Bespoke: Manhattan's first cafe cinema on Adam Clayton Powell by 122nd Street had been slated to open last year but the pandemic slowed things down indefinitely. We are not sure if construction has picked up or not as of late for Sol Cinema Cafe but those who want to sample some of the film selection can do so at home while waiting for the brick and mortar to finish up.  Sol Cinema Cafe currently streams movies online for $12 through the official Sol Cinema site so check out the selection this week: LINK

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STREAMING: HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS AT MAYSLES

February 5th to 19th, Heartworn Highways, virtual screening courtesy Maysles Cinema, $10 online admission.  “Sometimes, a documentary maker is present at precisely the right moment to capture lightning in a bottle. It happened with essential punk doc The Decline of Western Civilization, it happened with Dylan’s Don’t Look Back and Chet Baker’s Let’s Get Lost, and it happened with 1976’s Heartworn Highways. The iconic performance documentary saw filmmaker James Szalapski travel to Texas and Tennessee to capture the radical country artists reclaiming the genre via an appreciation for its heritage in folk and bluegrass and a rejection of the mainstream Nashville machine.  More details and online tickets at the Maysles Cinema site: LINK

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STREAMING: HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS AT MAYSLES

February 5th to 19th, Heartworn Highways, virtual screening courtesy Maysles Cinema, $10 online admission.  “Sometimes, a documentary maker is present at precisely the right moment to capture lightning in a bottle. It happened with essential punk doc The Decline of Western Civilization, it happened with Dylan’s Don’t Look Back and Chet Baker’s Let’s Get Lost, and it happened with 1976’s Heartworn Highways. The iconic performance documentary saw filmmaker James Szalapski travel to Texas and Tennessee to capture the radical country artists reclaiming the genre via an appreciation for its heritage in folk and bluegrass and a rejection of the mainstream Nashville machine.  More details and online tickets at the Maysles Cinema site: LINK

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SEE: BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME ON HBO

Harlem Bespoke: See the stage production of Ta-Nehisi Coates' novel Between the World and Me for free on HBO for the rest of the November starting on Thanksgiving Day.   Filmed originally at the Apollo back in 2018, the narrative is a timely exploration of racism and adversity within inner cities.  Streaming is available now on the official HBO site: LINK

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