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Press Listings:
Monday, January 10th- Tuesday, January 25th


Film Series and Screenings

DocWatchers
Curated by Hellura Lyle
(1/10)

Jazz on Film
Presented with The National Jazz Museum of Harlem
(1/11)

Lumumba
Co-presented by Maysles Cinema and Friends of the Congo
(1/17)

Jock Docs: Under the Influence of Dave Zirin
Curated by Laura Coxson
(1/25)





To see our calendar
and find out more about films screening later this month, please visit our website:

www.mayslesinstitute.org/cinema/calendar


* Suggested $10 donation at the door for all screenings
but no one is turned away for lack of funds.

Press comps are also always available for members of the press.






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Monday, January 10th, 7:00 PM
Docwatchers
Curated by Hellura Lyle


The Jena 6
Big Noise (2008) 28 min.

In a small town in Louisiana, six families are fighting for their sons lives. Two nooses are left as a warning to black students trying to integrate their playground, fights break out across town, a white man pulls a shotgun on black students, someone burns down most of the school, the DA puts six black students on trial for attempted murder, and the quiet town of Jena becomes the site of the largest civil rights demonstration in the South since the 1960s. The Jena 6 is a powerful symbol for, and example of, how racial justice works in America where the lynching noose has been replaced by the DA's pen.

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Woodie King, Jr. (1980) 52 min.

In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them the nickname "The Harlem Six." Intent on protecting and clearing the names of their sons, several mothers bonded together to make their story known. This work emerges as a powerful close up of police brutality, and of power dynamics of 1960's Harlem.

After the Screening: Director Woodie King Jr. will be present for Q and A

Tuesday, January 11th, 7:00- 8:30 PM
Jazz on Film
Presented with the National Jazz Museum of Harlem

Christian McBride


Christian McBride Hosts: My Musical Heroes on Film
This special edition of Jazz for Curious Listeners, at the Maysles Institute (where we hold monthly sessions), is not to be missed. One of the world's greatest bassists, and the museum's own Director Christian McBride, will share clips of his favorite artists from deep within his archives, covering a wide variety of musical genres and styles, all with a jazz denominator. A major collector as well as a brilliant musician, McBride is one of the most engaging and interesting hosts around - come and bring someone with you.


Monday, January 17th, 7:30 PM
Friends of the Congo Presents
Lumumba


Lumumba
Dir. Raoul Peck (2000) 100 min.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the tragic assassination of Patrice Lumumba on January 17th, 1961 the Maysles Cinema presents, in partnership with Friends of the Congo, the true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the legendary leader of independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba.

Link to Trailer

Tuesday, January 25th, 7:30 PM
Jock Docs: Under the Influence of Dave Zirin
Curated by Laura Coxson


Not Just a Game
Dir. Jeremy Earp (2010) 62 min.

We've been told again and again that sports and politics don't mix, that games are just games and athletes should just "shut up and play." But according to Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin, this notion is just flat-out wrong. In Not Just a Game, the powerful new documentary based on his bestselling book The People's History of Sports in the United States, Zirin argues that far from providing merely escapist entertainment, American sports have long been at the center of some of the major political debates and struggles of our time. In a fascinating tour of the good, the bad, and the ugly of American sports culture, Zirin first traces how American sports have glamorized militarism, racism, sexism, and homophobia, then excavates a largely forgotten history of rebel athletes who stood up to power and fought for social justice beyond the field of play. The result is as deeply moving as it is exhilarating: nothing less than an alternative history of political struggle in the United States as seen through the games its people have played.

Q&A with Dave Zirin

Link to Trailer



Maysles Cinema
343 Lenox Ave
(127th and 128th streets)
New York, NY 10027


Please direct press inquiries, including requests for complimentary tickets to cinema@mayslesinstitute.org, or contact the Cinema at 212.582.6050 ext 221