Reel Sisters & While We Are Still Here present Starring Harlem

Reel Sisters & While We Are Still Here present Starring Harlem, an afternoon of film and music celebrating the neighborhood's rich film and arts heritage. The event will be held on Oct. 28 at the Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway.

Section A - The Soul Has A Song

Dance in Circles

Producer/Director/Writer: Yuming Zhang

Two women dance a duet piece together, exploring their collective traumatic experiences through their movements.

 I Am Not Ok

Director: Gabrielle Lanser   Writer: Tiffany Davis

Producer: Ben Glickstein

A mother and son respond to the unending killings of black Americans amidst the backdrop of the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Dance and archival photographs are woven together to evoke fear, outrage, and anger and the need for communities to come together and find solutions.

Here Is A Man

Director: Sideeq Hear    Producers: Joanna White-Oldham and Jarvis D. Matthers

Writer: Jarvis D. Matthews

Donny, a young black musician, is on the cusp of becoming the greatest soul singer of the 1970's, but the quiet dread within his own mind threatens to derail his future.

This is film is inspired by the life, legacy, and music of Donny Hathaway.

City of Dreamz

Producer/Director/Writer: Imani Celeste   

City of Dreamz follows four Black art students telling stories of community, divine intervention, and the artistry that led them to this very moment...smoking weed in a cramped NYC apartment trying not to get caught.

RIP, LOL

Directors: Khaya Fraites and Charles Coleman

Producer: Hannah Looney

NYU Student, Willow, goes back home to Richmond, Virginia with her best friend Jackie as her support system, to see her parents and ‘celebrate’ what would have been her older brother’s 26th birthday. RIP, LOL is an examination of grief and how loss affects an entire family.

NYU Student, Willow, goes back home to Richmond, Virginia with her best friend Jackie as her support system, to see her parents and ‘celebrate’ what would have been her older brother’s 26th birthday. RIP, LOL is an examination of grief and how loss affects an entire family.