The Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival will take place in St. Nicholas Park at the end of July. Below is information about the films. All film events are free. Come join the Friends of St. Nicholas Park on the St. Nicholas Park Great Lawn as we celebrate summer with these special films.
Rain Venue: St. Mark’s Church, 55 Edgecombe Ave. (at 137th St.)
Wednesday, July 29th
Music: Live music by InJoy Enterprises (7:30 pm)
Film: Antonia (8:30 pm)
(Tata Amaral, Brazil, 90 min.)
Part Dreamgirls, part 8 Mile, Antonia is the rousing story of the members of an all-girl hip-hop group and its members who discover themselves as they survive on the mean streets of São Paulo.
Thursday, July 30th
Music: Live music by InJoy Enterprises (7:30 pm)
Film: Respond to Sound II (8:30 pm)
(Adrian (AJ) Younge, USA, 59 min.)
Respond to Sound II is an experimental documentary that uses a mash-up of archival footage and interviews to tell the history of African-American urban dance from Cake Walking to Break Dancing.
Short: Clave y Cajon
(Jack Coddington, USA, 30 min.)
Programmed by the Friends of St. Nicholas Park, this short film takes viewers into the world of Latino drummers (cajoneros), exploring the history of Rumba music and dance in New York City.
If you want to know about our 
