Dark Manhattan

The first true Black gangster film, Dark Manhattan is the brainchild of its star and uncredited co-director, Ralph Cooper, also the founder of the Apollo Theater’s legendary Amateur Night. A compact and stylish crime saga about a teetotaling hood (Cooper) whose meteoric rise sends shockwaves to rival crews, the film offers a rich panorama of underworld figures and a charismatic lead role for Cooper to sink his teeth into. Despite being filmed entirely on the West Coast, the film evokes the electric energy of its namesake location.

Murder in Harlem

Oscar Micheaux remakes his own silent film, The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921), in this expressionistic crime film set in a chemical factory. When the body of a white woman is found on-site, the murder is pinned on the Black night watchman on duty. But trailblazing Black lawyer Henry Glory (Clarence Brooks) has doubts and sets out to prove the man’s innocence. Inspired by a notorious crime that took place in the state of Georgia in 1913, Micheaux’s film remains a timely indictment of institutional racism.

Make It Dinner and a Movie

Fanny's Restaurant & Café

All guests who present a ticket for a film screening, Tuesday through Saturday (and the first Sunday of every month), receive 10% off all food and non-alcoholic beverages at Fanny's. Discount only applicable on the same day as the screening and cannot be redeemed for another screening or date. Dinner reservations can be made on OpenTable or Resy.