Films at the Schomburg: In Focus: Telling African American Stories with Film and Photography

Award winning filmmaker, Thomas Allen Harris, founder and president of Chimpanzee Productions, Inc. - the Harlem based Film, Television, and Multimedia production company - will share In Focus: Telling African American Stories with Film and Photography, a lively multimedia presentation on how he has used the "personal photo archive" as a story-telling tool within his films. Harris will screen excerpts from his upcoming projects including film clips from the PBS documentary currently in post-production, "Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People"; webisodes from the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow series where participants from across the nation share stories from their Family Photo Albums; as well as excerpts from Harris' previous films, "Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela" and "E Minha Cara/That's My Face". 

All are welcome!  Please bring questions, comments, and ideas for how photography can be used to effect social change.  Learn more about Thomas Allen Harris and Chimpanzee Productions atwww.DDFR.tv.  

Free! Registration required at www.schomburgcenter.eventbrite.com or call (212) 491-2040.