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This event is in the past.It took place on October 31, 2026 at Maysles Documentary Center.

TRUE NORTH 1
Documentary

True North

October 31 at 3:30pm

At Maysles Documentary Center

Harlem, New York

🎟️General admission is $15, with reduced tickets available for $7.
🏛️Visitors note the theatre is small and intimate, well-suited for post-screening discussions.

Never-before-seen archival footage and intimate first-person testimonies unearth the 1960s Congress of Black Writers and the Sir George Williams Affair in Michele Stephenson's 98-minute film True North, followed by a discussion with David Austin and Lovia Gyakye.

Archival footage
First-person testimonies
Michele Stephenson film
Post-screening discussion

What are you into?

  • Archival footage
  • First-person testimonies
  • Michele Stephenson film
  • Post-screening discussion
  • Maysles Documentary Center
  • Harlem
  • New York

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