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harlem stage on screen: film festival

thought this event, taking place this weekend, sounded interesting...

11th Annual Harlem Stage On Screen (formerly Harlem Film Festival)
Curated by Michelle Materre & produced by Neyda Luz Martinez


FRIDAY – SUNDAY, MARCH 9 – 11, 2007


Don’t miss thirty-six provocative, engaging and innovative documentaries, features, shorts and stories that resonate with and convey the spirit and passion of communities of color.



Program I: OPENING NIGHT

Friday, March 9th, 7:30 PM, $10
2006 Sundance Film Festival Winner
"American Blackout" by Ian Inaba & Jean Phillipe Boucicaut



Program II : LIFE LESSONS

Saturday, March 10th, 12 PM, $10
Seven shorts -fact and fiction- related to education, personal and political histories.


Program III: THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Saturday, March 10th, 2 PM, $10
Seven documentaries about displacement, gentrification, migration and cultural memory question,“Where do we go from here?”


Program IV: 4TH ANNUAL SALUTE TO WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

Saturday, March 10th, 4 PM & 6 PM, $10
NY Premiere: "Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican" by Claire A. Watkins
Presented in collaboration with New York Women in Film & Television


Program V: GIRLS NIGHT OUT

Saturday, March 10th, 8 PM, $10
Eight shorts by or about women exploring themes of motherhood, aging, relationships and determination.
Presented in collaboration with New York Women in Film & Television


Program VI: TIES THAT BIND

Sunday, March 11th, 2 PM, $10

Seven shorts about family, dreams, tradition and the everyday heartaches and joys life brings.


Program VII: REVOLUTION AS ART

Sunday, March 11th, 4:30 PM, $10
Three films on Lorraine Hansberry and what it means to be an artist and committed to the cause.


For full schedule click each program or call 212.650.7100.



Discounts available through the Harlem Stage Box Office!

Weekend Pass $56, Saturday Pass $32 & Sunday Pass $16

Harlem Stage & NYWIFT Members $8.50

Students 12 & Under $5 w/valid ID.



Harlem Stage at The Gatehouse

150 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street

New York, NY 10031

www.harlemstage.org



For passes and/or discounts call 212.650.7100 or visit Harlem Stage Box Office, Mon. – Fri., 1PM – 6 PM, located at Aaron Davis Hall, W. 135th St. & Convent Ave. at The City College of New York. Also, open two hours prior to events.



Harlem Stage on Screen is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.



For information on other Harlem Stage presentations, Click HERE or call 212.650.7100

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