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Moonlight & Movies

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Join us for our monthly series of outdoor movie screenings inspired by the Museum's current exhibitions. Each film is introduced by the director, a critic, or another special guest. Cocktails, drinks and snacks available for purchase.

Four people in costumes stand in front of a yellow brick backdrop.
Event Thursday, January 26, 6:30pm

Moonlight & Movies | The Wiz

Join us for a screening of The Wiz (1978), director Sidney Lumet's spectacular version of the hit 1974 Broadway musical
A series of images from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival: B.B King playing the guitar, a crowd of festival attendees, Mahalia Jackson singing, Nina Simone singing, and Sly & The Family Stone singing. Text on the bottom reads: “A Questlove Jawn, Summer of Soul (…Or When the Revolution Could Not be Televised)”
Event Friday, February 18, 6:30pm

Past Event: Moonlight & Movies | Summer of Soul

Join us for a screening of Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson's Oscar-nominated documentary "Summer of Soul," introduced by "The Harlem Ambassador" Musa Jackson and Harlem community arts activist Yvette Russell.
Audrey Hepburn is at an automat and opening a compartment to grab a sandwich.
Event Wednesday, November 9, 7:00pm

Moonlight & Movies | The Automat

We screen "The Automat," a documentary recounting the lost history of the iconic restaurant chain, Horn & Hardart. Featuring appearances by Mel Brooks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and more.
RUN DMC with a group of men posing next to a car in Hollis, Queens.

Related Exhibition - June 11, 2021 - September 18, 2022

New York, New Music

A look back at the seismic musical revolution of 1980s New York. #80sMusicNYC

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Moonlight & Movies is made possible in part by Sophia and Peter J. Volandes.

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