Tag: silent-film

Museum of the Moving Image launches special screening for Black History Month

Marion Williams in Eleven P.M. Photo courtesy of Kino Lorber.

Feb. 5, 2025 By sobrien Feb. 5, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) has launched a new screening series in honor of Black History Month, providing digitally restored versions of films financed, produced, created and distributed by Black Americans in the early 20th century. Pioneers of African American Cinema debuted… Read more »

Holden to screen silent film ‘Speedy’ at Juniper Valley Park featuring live-performance

Aug. 8, 2023 By Anthony Medina Councilman Robert Holden will once again send Middle Village into The Roaring Twenties with another free screening of the silent movie classic, “Speedy,” along with an accompanied live-piano performance, at Juniper Valley Park on Thursday, Aug. 17.  Steve Sterner, a legendary New York City silent film accompanist and resident…
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