NYFVC presents a free outdoor screening of George Stoney’s Man In The Middle
Thursday, October 14, 2021, 6pm.
Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center
100-01 Northern Blvd
Corona, Queens
7 Train to Corona/103rd, then walk 5 blocks to Northern Blvd.
Free for All
Join us on Thursday, October 14, at 6 p.m. as the NYFVC partners with the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center to present George Stoney’s MAN IN THE MIDDLE.
Made in 1966 on location in South Jamaica, Queens, Man in the Middle was originally produced as a part of series of training films to encourage community-oriented policing. Seen today, the film—with its scenes of often raw, verite interactions between police and residents—offers historical insight not only into the nature of many police-resident interactions but fresh perspective on contemporary questions of race and policing, letting us wonder what has and hasn’t changed.
About the George Stoney Memorial Screening Series:
For the past 8 years, the NYFVC has presented a screening in honor of George Stoney (1916-2012), the much beloved filmmaker, educator, and longtime NYFVC board member and former President. For decades, George was a cherished and tireless supporter of the NYFVC who, among his own achievements as filmmaker, played a key role in democratizing the media with the creation of public access television. George never failed to inspire with his sense of mission, hospitality, his determination to use cinema to give voice to those outside of power, his willingness to travel -- even up to age 96 ––to explore experimental, documentary and narrative cinema, and his strong commitment to his community. The series seeks to continue to keep alive his spirit in cinema and works by his contemporaries.
About the Langston Hughes Library and Cultural Center:
Langston Hughes Library was founded in 1969 through community activism by the Library Action Committee (LAC) of East Elmhurst and Corona. The LAC was an ad-hoc committee of the local Community Corporation, one of New York City’s anti-poverty programs. The Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center opened in 1969 as an experimental library, a place of reading, learning, and history. It was a source of black information and culture intended to educate and support the area’s predominantly African-American population.