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Say Word: The New York Latino Film Festival Returns September 14-20

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) That’s right familia, The New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) returns September 14-20. For over 2 decades, NYLFF has been relentlessly pushing the culture forward. Shining a spotlight on creatives of color and blazing trails…

Uptown Video: The Harlem Hellfighters’ Great War

Please do yourself a favor and press play above for a superb documentary on the 369th Infantry Regiment, which was famously known as the Harlem Hellfighters. The Harlem Hellfighters served valiantly in both World Wars but since they were…

The Uptown Tweet of the Week: #WeAreFreestyleLoveSupreme

It's almost showtime! 🎤 Join us, @Hulu, and members of the FLS crew on Friday night for an opening night Twitter watch party at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Ask your questions ahead of time and tweet along on Friday night…

Elvis Nolasco - Emmanuel Abreu

Uptown Films: Moving On

Shout out to the LA Shorts Film Festival for putting many of their films on YouTube. The one featured here, Moving On, stars the homie Elvis Nolasco. This man is such an amazing actor and human being and he…

Uptown Love: Inwood Film Festival Filmmaker Fund

The Inwood Film Festival Filmmaker Fund was created to financially support and encourage the creation of cinema in the Inwood NYC community, and to financially support the filmmaking of local Inwood NYC community filmmakers. Film projects shot by a…

New York City Quarantine Film Festival

Presented by Inwood Art Works, producer of the acclaimed Inwood Film Festival and Film Works Alfresco programs in NYC. The purpose of the New York Quarantine Film Festival is to encourage New Yorkers to express their creativity, celebrate their…

Mike Jones MIC - WHIN By Any Means

06/05/20: We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

Before Hamilton, before In The Heights, there was Freestyle Love Supreme. Freestyle Love Supreme is just that, some supremely talented emcees spreading love with their uncanny freestyle rap abilities. Trust us, their is nothing quite like Freestyle Love Supreme.…

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Uptown Film: Two Sides to the Story

A couple, Erika and Josh, sit on a park bench. One professes their love for the other while the other one ends the relationship. However, one ends up dead and the other is interrogated. What really happened? We invite…