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Presented in partnership with the Black Documentary Collective.

About this Screening

Oscar nominee Bill Miles has produced and directed numerous award-winning documentaries dedicated to African American history and achievement, including I Remember Harlem. Miles spent three years researching materials for I Remember Harlem, a four-hour special which traced Harlem's 350-year history, as a visual counter to the oral histories in the film. This evening we are screening a one-hour compilation of the series. The film won an Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University citation and an American Film Festival Award.

Screening followed by Q&A session with Dr. Juanita Howard (Associate Producer of I Remember Harlem), Dr. Vicki Gholson (series Production Manager) and moderator Eric Tait, Jr. and reception.

Special Note: Bill Miles will no longer be able to attend the screening as he has fallen ill.

Sponsored by HBO.

About the Artist

Bill Miles

Bill Miles, president of Miles Educational Film Productions, Inc. has produced and directed numerous award-winning public television documentaries including the Academy Award nominated: LIBERATORS: FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS IN WORLD WAR II, the Emmy Award winner: THE BLACK WEST, the informative BLACK STARS IN ORBIT, the nostalgic I REMEMBER HARLEM,the stunning MEN OF BRONZE, as well as THE DIFFERENT DRUMMER: BLACKS IN THE MILITARY, and BLACK CHAMPIONS to name a few.

William Miles' life's work is dedicated to exploring the entire African American Experience including the history, culture and achievements of African Americans from their arrival in America in the 16th century, (depicted in his award-winning PBS series I REMEMBER HARLEM; to their achievement as astronauts, aeronautical scientists and engineers (examined in his PBS special BLACK STARS IN ORBIT). Mr. Miles has won an EMMY Award, been nominated for the OSCAR inducted into the Black Filmmaker's Hall of Fame. Among numerous other awards garnered both at home and abroad he has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for independent Video and Filmmaker (AIVF) in acknowledgment of his outstanding contribution to the history of African American in the medium of film.

Miles spent three years researching materials for I REMEMBER HARLEM, a four-hour special which traced harlem's 350-year history, as a visual counter to the oral histories in the film Miles unearthed archival photographs and motion pictures stock footage along with newsreel films, much of it rare and never before seen by the general public. In early 1982, one year after it was broadcast, I REMEMBER HARLEM won an Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University citation and an American Film Festival Award.

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