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The Maysles Cinema and Maysles Documentary Center
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343 Lenox Avenue
(Malcolm X Boulevard),
New York, NY, 10027
Between 127th and 128th.
Subways: 2/3, 4,5,6, A,B,C,D to 125th street

All screenings suggested donation $10, unless otherwise noted. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Our Cinema and one of our restrooms are handicap accessible. Feel free to call the Box Office if you have any additional questions.

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Support provided in part by the Union Square Awards, a project of the Tides Center, The New York State Council on the Arts, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

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Rezoning Harlem DVDs available on site for a discounted price of $15. Rezoning Harlem Website>

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8mm NewsreelsMalcolm X, 1964Malcolm X in Ghana

History of 8mm: Volume 9
Shown in Reg. 8mm & Super8 (Sound) only! All New Program! Never Seen Before!
Curated by 8mmAnonymous
  Friday, May 17th @ 7:30 pm
News Parade of 1939
Castle Films, B&W, Reg. 8mm, Silent, 12 mins.
Adventures of Newsreel Cameramen: Filming the Big Thrills
Blackhawk Films, B&W, 1930’s / 1940’s, Super 8 Sound, 12 mins.
News Parade of 1941
Castle Films, B&W, Reg. 8mm, Silent, 12 mins.
Adventures of Newsreel Cameramen: Scouring the Seventh Seas
Black Hawk Films, B&W, 1930’s/1940’s, Super 8 Sound, 12 mins.
News Parade of 1943
Castle Films, B&W Reg. 8mm, Silent, 12 mins.
News Thrills of 1944
Official Films, B&W, Reg. 8mm, Silent, 12 mins.
News Parade of 1945
Castle Films, B&W, Reg. 8mm, Silent, 12 mins.
News Parade of 1946
Caste Films, B&W, Silent, 12 mins.
News Parade of 1968
Castle Films, B&W, Super 8 Sound, 12 mins.
News Parade of 1972
Castle Films, B&W, Super 8 Sound, 12 mins.
Gordon’s News films Demonstration Reel
Anonymous, Color, 1978, Super 8 Sound, 8 min.
The Inauguration of Ronald Reagan
Anonymous, Color, 1981, Super 8 Sound, 12 mins.
Screenings will be followed by an audience led discussion.
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4th Annual Malcolm X On Film & Panel Discussion
The Maysles Cinema & United Muslim Alliance Presents The 4th Annual Malcolm X On Film & Panel Discussion In Celebration Of The 88th Birthday Of Malcolm: Then & Now, The Legacy of Malcolm X-El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Lives On
Co-sponsored by the People's Survival Program
  Saturday, May 18th
4:30pm - Dinner
5:00pm - Malcolm X Book/Video and Art Fair
6:00pm - Malcolm X Speaks: The Speeches of Malcolm X
1997, color & B/W 41 min.
7:00pm - Autobiography Of Malcolm X: His Own Story As It Really Happened
Marvin Worth, 1972, color & B/W 92 min.
8:30PM - The Malcolm X Legacy Panel

R.I.P. Malcolm Shabazz (1984-2013), Malcolm X’s grandson and friend of the Maysles Cinema.

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Doin' It In the Park
Pick Up Basketball, NYC
***US Theatrical Premiere***
  Wednesday, May 22nd @ 7:30 pm
through
Tuesday, May 28th @ 7:30 pm
matinees Sat. & Sun. @ 4:00 pm

Doin' It In the Park
Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau, 2012, 83 min.
Wednesday, May 22nd following the 7:30pm screening there is a Q&A with key characters Jack Ryan, Niki Avery, and Milani Malik, moderated by SLAM Magazine Editor-in-Chief Ben Osborne.

Thursday, May 23rd and Saturday, May 25th following the 7:30pm screenings there will be a Q&A with directors Bobbito Garcia, Kevin Couliau and director of Wild Style, Charlie Ahearn

Friday, May 24th following the 7:30pm screening there will be a Q&A with co-director Kevin Couliau and photographer Charlie Samuels and Pete Kuhns, moderated by author/historian Claude Johnson of Black Fives (blackfives.com).

Sunday, May 26th following the 7:30pm screening there will be a Q&A with Co-director Kevin Couliau and Executive Producer Nick Quested of Goldcrest Films (goldcrestfilms.com).

Tuesday, May 28th following the 7:30pm screening there will be a Q&A with directors Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau, moderated by author/filmmaker Raquel Cepeda (djalirancher.com).

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Cinema Management Program!
A new program from the Maysles Documentary Center.

Dear Community Members,
Starting in June, the Maysles Documentary Center will offer a job training program in Cinema Management. Participants in this program will take part in tuition-free training and then receive paid on-the-job training. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and commit to the six-month duration. Admission is competitive and applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis. The Cinema Management training program is partially funded with a grant from the West Harlem Development Corporation and preference will be given to residents of Community Board 9. A map of CB 9 can be found here>

For more information, please contact Sasha Goldberg.
Application available here>
2013 Education programs:
Apply now!

* TEEN PRODUCERS ACADEMY
July 8, 2013- August 16, 2013
(Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday)(10am-4pm)
SUMMER DOCUMENTARY FILM INTENSIVE
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* JUNIOR FILMMAKERS
Documentary production program for students ages 10 to 13.
7-DAY SUMMER INTENSIVE (JUNE 24 - JULY 2, 9AM-3PM)
More information and application>

* FILM IN ACTION SUMMER CAMP
2 themed weeks of film, thinking and fun! For children ages 7 to 11. June 17-21 (Session One), June 24-26 (Session Two), June 28- July 3 (Session Three)
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* INTERMEDIATE FINAL CUT PRO
Mondays, May 6, 13, 20 (6:30pm-9:30pm)
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Triggering Wounds

From Terrorizing Streets to Making Them Safer
Kia Gregory
"In its blunt retelling of Central Harlem, the documentary opens with Dedric Hammond standing in front of a Chinese takeout restaurant near the spot where he was shot the first time....
“Triggering Wounds” is like another candle in a sidewalk memorial. The documentary was produced by the Maysles Institute Teen Producers Academy, in partnership with the Manhattan district attorney’s office and with Harlem Hospital Center, where it will be shown to gunshot and stabbing victims...
One goal, said Christine Peng, education director at the Maysles Institute, is for those involved in gun violence to “not have feelings of retaliation in the moment.'"
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We're changing our name!
Maysles Institute is now the Maysles Documentary Center, www.maysles.org.

We are still the same place you know and love, only better! Over the past year our organization has gone through many changes. We have grown our education programs and now are serving more than 200 students between the ages of 3 and 65. We have expanded our cinema programming and are bringing to audiences as large as 650 people, the best in both mainstream and independent documentary film complete with inspired discussions with experts and film makers. Our new name reflects more accurately who we are, a center for documentary film in all forms--film making, viewing, education, and discussion.

The change will be gradual. For now, you will still be able to find us at mayslesinstitute.org and some of our materials will still carry the Maysles Institute name. Our address and location remain the same.