Film
Harlem Theater
1969 · 1h 34m · Documentary
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Overview
HARLEM, USA: in the aftermath of Martin Luther King’s murder, German filmmaker Klaus Wildenhahn turned his 16mm camera on the New Lafayette Theatre as its players rehearsed scenes, ran public workshops and conducted exercises in uptown Manhattan. New Lafayette (or NLT) had been founded by actor-director Robert Macbeth the previous year, with the aim of producing theater for black people, by black people, to reflect the experiences and vernacular of the Harlem community. Within the Black Arts Movement, NLT would become a significant institution: it published the journal Black Theatre, and employed a host of talents – including the Black Panthers’ Minister of Culture, Ed Bullins, and the great pianist Junior Mance, both of whom appear in Wildenhahn’s film as resident collaborators.
Cast
Robert MacBeth
Self
Ed Bullins
Self
Bobby Seale
Self
Yvette Hawkins
Self
George Miles
Self
Gary Bolling
Estelle Evans
Peggy Kirkpatrick
Roscoe Orman
Carolyn Cardwell
Crew
- Klaus WildenhahnDirector · Writer
- Christian BlackwoodDirector of Photography
Details
- Release date
- April 22, 1969
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Documentary
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