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A Harlem Cultural Festival was first proposed in 1964 to bring life to the Harlem neighborhood. [3] At the same time, in the mid-1960s, nightclub singer Tony Lawrence began working on community initiatives in Harlem, initially for local churches, but from 1966 working under New York City Mayor John Lindsay and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher.
Tony Lawrence (born c. 1936) is a Kittitian-American singer, actor, community activist and festival organiser.In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was one of the main organisers of the annual Harlem Cultural Festival [1] in New York City, including the 1969 festival celebrated in the 2021 documentary film Summer of Soul.
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The organization and festival was co-founded and led by three local Harlem producers: Neal Ludevig, J.J. El-Far and Chelsea Goding. [3] [4] [5] The festival debuted in 2012 after a successful Kickstarter campaign garnered press from The New York Times, [6] The Daily News, [7] [8] DNAInfo, [9] Northhattan News, [10] and a number of other media outlets. [11]
The 5th Dimension were the featured act of a July 28, 1969, CBS broadcast of highlights from the Harlem Cultural Festival, the "Black Woodstock" gathering in Mount Morris Park that drew 300,000 festival attendees over six shows. The New York Times reported the 5th Dimension show drew 60,000 alone.
The Harlem International Film Festival (Hi) is an annual five-day film festival in Harlem, New York. [1] The first festival took place in 2005. [2] Michael Franti's I Know I'm Not Alone was named Best International Documentary at the festival that year. [3] The short film Eme Nakia was selected to be screened at the 2006 festival. [4]
Clapperboard from original videotape recordings of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. At the request of festival organizer and host Tony Lawrence, television producer Hal Tulchin recorded about 40 hours of footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival on videotape, [11] excerpts from which were packaged as two one-hour TV specials that were broadcast in 1969, one on CBS in July, and one on ABC ...
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