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The Long Night

The Long Night (1976)
August 13, 2015 - 7:30 pm
Billy Wilder Theater

The Long Night  (1976)


Steely Brown, a young boy living in Harlem, wanders the streets of the city one night, reflecting on what led to the disappearance of his father.  Meeting the denizens of his neighborhood, he engages in conversations that begin to sketch the outlines of the enigma, invoking Vietnam, marital discord, paternal relationships, substance abuse, schooling and unemployment—in short, the life of an American family.

Producer: Ed Pitt.  Director: Woodie King, Jr.  Screenwriter: Julian Mayfield, Woodie King, Jr.  Cinematographer: James Malloy.  Editor: Joe Staton.  With: Dick Anthony Williams, Peggy Kirkpatrick, W. Geoffrey King, Shauneille Perry, Woodie King, Jr.  35mm, color/sepia, 85 min.

Preceded by

From the James Hinton Collection at the Harvard Film Archive.  Digitization made possible by Anthology Film Archives.

The New-Ark  (1968)


Director Leroi Jones (a.k.a Amiri Baraka) makes a rare, onscreen appearance in this recently re-discovered film, a portrait of “Spirit House,” a Black nationalist community center in Newark, New Jersey, where urban theater and political consciousness-raising further the aims of Black education.

Director: Leroi Jones.  Screenwriter: Leroi Jones.  Cinematographer: James Hinton.  Digital video, color, 25 min.

Print courtesy of the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, preserved with funding from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

A Place in Time  (1977)


A New York artist witnesses a crime and resolves to redeem his earlier inaction.  A silent film in pantomime, this early work by director Charles Lane brings a unique deftness and grace to its social realist narrative. 

Producer: Charles Lane.  Director: Charles Lane.  Screenwriter: Charles Lane.  Cinematographer: Ron Fortunato.  Editor: Charles Lane.  With: Francine Piggot, George Riddick, Joseph Robinson, Ina Mayhew, Joseph Reid, Charles Lane.  16mm, b/w, 34 min.

Part of: 
Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968-1986