Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker Productions
Series Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
IN TRANSIT journeys into the hearts and minds of everyday passengers aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder, the busiest long-distance train route in America. Captured in the tradition of Direct Cinema, the film unfolds as a series of interconnected vignettes, ranging from overheard conversations to moments of deep intimacy, in which passengers share their fears, hopes and dreams. To some passengers, the train is flight and salvation, to others it is reckoning and loss. But for all, it is a place for personal reflection and connecting with others they may otherwise never know.
IN TRANSIT premiered in competition at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Mention before screening at over 75 other festivals and venues including the Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou and the Metrograph. It was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Direction from the 2016 Cinema Eye Honors.
2015, U.S., 76 minutes
Directed by Albert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, David Usui
Produced by Lynn True & Nelson Walker
Supervising Producer, Erika Dilday
www.intransitfilm.com
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker Productions
Series Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker Productions
Series Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
Summer Pasture chronicles one summer with a young nomad family living in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet. Locho and his wife, Yama, live in Dzachukha, nicknamed Wu-Zui (“5-Most”) for being the highest, coldest, poorest, largest, and most remote county in China's Sichuan Province. They depend on their herd of yaks for survival, much as their ancestors have for generations. But in recent years, Dzachukha has undergone rapid development, and Locho and Yama are finding their traditional way of life increasingly difficult to maintain. Over the course of the film, we witness their experiences with illness, infidelity, and the dissolution of their community. In the face of mounting challenges, Locho and Yama ultimately reveal the personal sacrifice they will make to ensure their daughter's future.
Summer Pasture premiered at the 2010 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival where it won the Inspiration Award Special Mention before going on to screen at more than 200 festivals and venues around the world, winning over a dozen additional accolades. It was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award and an IFP Gotham Award, and won a Peabody Award. It aired on PBS/Independent Lens in the U.S. and in Europe on ARTE France, SVT Sweden, and BOS The Netherlands.
2010, U.S., 86 min.
Directed/Produced by Lynn True & Nelson Walker
Co-Directed/Produced by Tsering Perlo
The agonies of present-day Africa are deeply etched in the bodies of women. In eastern Congo on the Rwandan border, vying militias, armies and bandits use rape as a weapon of terror. Lumo Sinai was just over 20 when marauding soldiers attacked her. A fistula, a medical condition common among victims of violent rape, rendered Lumo incontinent and threatens her ability to bear children. Rejected by her fiancé and cast aside by her family, she awaits reconstructive surgery. LUMO is her story, tragic in its cruelties but also inspiring for the struggle she wages and the dignity she displays, with the help of an extraordinary African hospital, to overcome shame, fear and the affliction that robs her of a normal life.
LUMO premiered at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival where it won the President’s Award before going on to screen at dozens of other film festivals, conferences and policy meetings around the world. It aired nationally on PBS/P.O.V.
2007, U.S. 72 min & 60 min
Directed/Produced by Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt & Nelson Walker
Co-directed/Produced by Louis Abelman
Co-directed/Edited by Lynn True
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker Productions
Series Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo and True Walker Productions
Series Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker ProductionsSeries Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
www.congoinharlem.org
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker ProductionsSeries Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
www.congoinharlem.org
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker ProductionsSeries Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
www.congoinharlem.org
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker ProductionsSeries Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
www.congoinharlem.org
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker ProductionsSeries Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
www.congoinharlem.org
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker ProductionsSeries Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
www.congoinharlem.org
Launched in 2009, Congo in Harlem is an annual series of Congorelated films and events at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York’s historic Harlem neighborhood. The series showcases a wide range of films by Congolese and international directors, with a focus on the history, politics and culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Screenings are accompanied by filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, special events, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions. Congo in Harlem aims to provide audiences with more than the traditional moviegoing experience; it offers opportunities to celebrate Congolese culture, learn about current issues, engage in dialogue, and get involved.
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center, Friends of the Congo, and True Walker ProductionsSeries Programmers: Lynn True & Nelson Walker
www.congoinharlem.org