Film
Documentary and Discussion – The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United StatesIn the 1930s, a black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor Green published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called The Negro Motorist Green Book, and it helped African-Americans navigate safe passage across America well into the 1960s. Explore some of the segregated nation’s safe havens and notorious […]
Savvy Sirens of the French New Wave, 1956 – 1965
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesA screening of four rarely seen short films from the French New Wave era French New Wave was the original Indie Cinema where young directors dispensing with the old format of filmmaking, used whatever technical resources were available to rewrite the protocols of 20th century cinema. NAC member, Erik Carlson has culled four rarely seen […]
Grand Illusions: Nora Ephron’s Magical Manhattan on Film
Landmark West! 45 W. 67th St., New York, NY, United StatesIn this multimedia lecture/presentation, Paula Uruburu revisits Ephron's words of wit and wisdom while touring a city transformed through her unique lens in some of her most iconic New York films. And we will look back on her own love affair with some of the city’s beloved landmarks that make appearances in her films where […]
An Evening with Jim Dale
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesA multitalented performer who garnered an Oscar nomination as composer of the theme song for Georgy Girl, an actor who earned acclaim with Sir Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre Company and later won a Tony Award for his title role in Barnum, and a narrator who holds multiple Grammy Awards for his recordings of Harry Potter, Jim Dale is […]
Rediscovering New York: Revealing Forgotten Landscapes
Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesExplore three haunting corners of our city as we reveal the hidden secrets and unknown histories of Hart Island, the Fort Totten Water Battery, and the NY State Pavilion. Join Aaron Asis, creator of Unforgotten Films and moderator Michelle Young, founder of Untapped New York, for an evening of film and conversation. Experts and advocates Moses Gates of the […]