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Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island

Plot: Often discussed as an urban legend or a failed architectural project, Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island redresses the erasure around Riley’s completed amusement park for the Black Residents in Harlem and the Bronx in 1924 on Hart Island. Working across archives, contemporary footage of Hart Island, and speculative interviews with key Black cultural producers of the time, including Riley, the film reimagines what we know about Negro Coney Island and its legacy with New York City’s still active potter’s field, Hart Island
Release Date: Friday, June 4 2021
3 years ago
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Portrait of Ricky GoldmanRicky Goldman
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Portrait of Selamawit WorkuSelamawit Worku
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Portrait of Rayly AquinoRayly Aquino
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Portrait of Moses JeuneMoses Jeune
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Portrait of Crackhead BarneyCrackhead Barney
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Portrait of Terrance Livingston Jr.Terrance Livingston Jr.
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Portrait of Ayanna DozierAyanna Dozier
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