Summer of Soul (…or, when the revolution could not be televised)
This music documentary explores and reclaims the legacy of the six-week 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. It features unpublished footage of performances by Nina Simone, B.B. King, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight & the Pips at Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park).
Join us in our Community Room where we will show you films that will make you laugh, cry, scream, or sing.
This week we will screen ” To Kill a Mockingbird” based on the best-selling Pulitzer Prize novel by Harper Lee.
Starring : Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, and Robert Duvall ( in his first feature film).
The film follows lawyer Atticus Finch in Depression -era Alabama educating his children against the Jim Crow laws while defending a black man who is wrongfully indicted for the rape of a white woman
Join us in our Community Room where films that will make you laugh, cry, scream, or sing.
We are showing the classic “Singing in the Rain” with Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O’Connor.
When the transition is being made from silent films to `talkies’, everyone has trouble adapting. Don and Lina have been cast repeatedly as a romantic couple, but when their latest film is remade into a musical, only Don has the voice for the new singing part. After a lot of practise with a diction coach, Lina still sounds terrible, and Kathy, a bright young aspiring actress, is hired to record over her voice.
Film: Blancanieves (Silent Film; Spain, 2012)
Inspired by the Snow White fairy tale, Blancanieves is a black and white silent film set in 1920s Seville that centers on the journey of a young female bullfighter (Macarena García).
Join us for an outdoor screening of Blancanieves (Spain, 2012). Winner of 10 Goya Awards, including Best Film, Blancanieves is a contemporary silent film retelling the story of Snow White set in 1920s Andalusia.
Pre-Show: THREAD by Kinesis Project dance theatre, uptown’s large-scale outdoor dance company presents excerpts of their newest work THREAD – in, without and within – Penetrable, an interactive sculpture by artist Jesús Rafael Soto. Kinesis Project brings spectacular, surprisingly intimate dances to public spaces in NYC and Seattle.
THREAD considers the similarities between the delicate, feathery mineral elements that interconnect and create bonds in rock; the thin strands of flax that combine to become rope strong enough to haul a ship; the movement of trees as “agents of progressive rock cracking”
Presented in collaboration with Inwood Art Works, Cine al Fresco is the Hispanic Society’s annual free outdoor film series dedicated to Spanish and Latin American cinema.
The program begins at 6pm with a special pre-show live performance followed by the film at 7pm.
All films are shown in their original language with English subtitles.
Film: La Grande (Narrative Biography; Dominican Republic, 2025)
A biographical film that delves into the life and career of Dominican Merengue Típico icon Fefita La Grande, also known as La Mayimba (Manuela Josefa Cabrera Taveras). The movie offers an intimate look at her journey, from humble beginnings to becoming a beloved cultural figure, celebrating her talent, resilience, and influence in shaping the music and identity of the Dominican Republic.
Pre-Show: DOMINICAN SERENADE/ SERENATA DOMINICANA An evening of vintage solo and duet songs from the Dominican Republic, featuring boleros, merengues, ballads, criollas, mangulinas and some of the most beloved melodies that remain popular generation after generation, performed by Dominican-American divas Victoria Guzmán and Anna Tonna, with arrangements and piano accompaniment by world renowned Latin Music expert Pablo Zinger.
Featuring selections by Julio Alberto Hernández, Luis Rivera, Rafael Solano, Rafael Hernández and Bullumba Landestoy.
The program begins at 6pm with a special pre-show live performance of Dominican music followed by the film at 7pm.
Presented in collaboration with Inwood Art Works, Cine al Fresco is the Hispanic Society’s annual free outdoor film series dedicated to Spanish and Latin American cinema.
All films are shown in their original language with English subtitles.
