Congo in Harlem (CIH), inaugurated in 2009, is the first ever US-based film series devoted entirely to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). For decades, Harlem has been home to African-Americans and African immigrants. So what better place than Harlem to launch Congo in Harlem? Through film, the arts and conversation, Congolese voices speak to an international audience in the cultural crossroads of Africa America. Maysles Cinema drew over 3,000 attendees to view films rarely screened in the US.



Features:
- Congo in Harlem Oct. 16 - 23, 2011, View Program & Purchase Tickets
- Congo in Harlem II
- Congo in Harlem I


In conjunction with 2010’s Break the Silence, Congo Week, CIH II continued presenting Congo-related films and events curated at Maysles Cinema with a special screening by Cultures of Resistance and a tribute to legendary soukous singer Kanda Bongo Man, in addition to a solutions-focused panel discussion about the child soldier problem, featuring Ishmael Beah (author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier) and Jimmie Briggs (author of Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War).