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HARLEM IN HAVANA in the news today:

2022

• February 2022 – Tampa Bay Times – Leon Claxton, Tampa’s Black variety show producer, is featured in new documentary 

2021

• Sept 2021 – Durham Magazine – Hayti Film Next Level: JIG SHOW | Leon Claxton’s Harlem n Havana Drive-In & Virtual Screening 

2016

• April 23  – World News Harlem in Havana Helped Popularize Afro Cuban Music and Dance in North America

2015

• December 2 – Daily Times – Age is no obstacle for R&B legend/folk-soul troubadour John Myers
• November 13 – Hawaii News Now – Filmmaker show off their work during Cucalorus Film Festival
• November 5 –   Indy Weekly – Triangle filmmakers head to Wilmington for Cucalorus Film Festival
• September 2015 – Global Newswire –  Cucalorus Film Festival announces compelling list of early selections  
• April 2015 – Tampa Tribune – Showmen’s Museum shows off carnival history 
• March 15 International independent Showmen’s Museum – Hep Cats Claxton’s All Black Girl Show Revue
• March 30  – PRLOG – JIG SHOW!? Documentary Title Draws Controversy
• February 8 – AfroCubanWeb  
• February 8  – Tampa Tribune- “The Tyler Perry of His Time” 

2014

• February 3 – Calgary Herald – Not your grandpa’s Stampede. Read now.

2013

• ITVS selects eight filmmaker’s projects for Diversity Development Fund 

2012

January 9 – Saskatoon Star-Phoenix – Harlem in Havana had strong links to Saskatoon. Read now.

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