Maysles Institute
343 Malcolm X Blvd/Lenox Ave. between 127th & 128th Sts.
September 7-11, $10
212-582-6050
www.harlemfilmfestival.com
www.mayslesinstitute.org
The sixth annual Harlem International Film Festival gets under way tonight at the Schomburg Center with the world premiere of Cary Stuart’s The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique, a documentary about the controversial Harlem-raised hip-hop artist that features appearances by Chuck D., Ice-T, Cornel West, and Woody Harrelson. Stuart and Immortal Technique will participate in a Q&A following the screening. The festival then shifts to the Maysles Institute through September 11 with such films as Miller Bargeron Jr. & Arcelious Daniels’s Stubborn as a Mule!, which looks at reparations for African Americans; Renzo Zanelli’s The Dog in the Manger, which follows Peruvian artist Brus’s battle against an American oil company in the Amazon; Judy Jackson’s War in the Mind, which examines post-traumatic stress disorder and military suicide; the world premiere of Robert Small’s Tribute to Bernie Mac!, which will be followed by a Q&A with the director and Mac’s daughter, Je’niece McCullough; and Julian A. Renner’s The Three Way, which delves into love and infidelity. Organized around such themes as “The Pain of Violence!,” “Black Superman!,” “New York!,” “The Game of Love!,” “Musical Dreams!,” and “Second Chances!,” the festival also includes more than two dozen short films. The festival concludes Sunday night with a pair of free events, a reading of the winning screenplay and the Brownstone Awards celebrating the festival’s best works.