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The fifth annual Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival hosts "Through African Eyes & Prized Pieces," a free outdoor event held each Wednesday and Thursday night in one of Harlem's historic parks.
Films in the festival range from powerful narratives to topical documentaries and include familiar classics and cutting-edge works. Showings are held in Marcus Garvey Park, Morningside Park, Jackie Robinson Park, St. Nicholas Park and Central Park's Harlem Meer.
Wednesday screenings, which start at 7:30 p.m., are programmed by the African Film Festival and explore Afrca's rich cultural heritage through dramatic films such as South Africa's U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, an operatic tour-de-force that will make you forget all previous film versions of Bizet's Carmen.
On Thursdays starting at dusk, the festival showcases documentaries and dramatizations programmed by National Black Programming Consortium, which funds African American and diaspora film and video for airing on national public television. Included in this year's selection are 2005's Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela and 2003's All on a Mardi Gras Day.
- July 12 & 13, Morningside Park (113th & Morningside Drive)
- July 19 & 20, St. Nicholas Park
- July 26 & 27, Jackie Robinson Park
- August 2 & 3, Harlem Meer in Central Park (110th & Fifth Avenue)
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