POETRY:
This poetry collection was written by Leslie Cunningham as a way of holding history in her hands when the archives were incomplete. These poems carry memory, inheritance, and the echo of performance—tracing the life of Harlem in Havana through language, rhythm, and feeling. Read poetry now.
PHOTOS:
This online gallery was curated as a visual archive of what remains and what resurfaces. Each image holds a fragment of performance history—glamour, labor, movement, and the quiet architecture of Black and Afro-Caribbean stage worlds. View the photo gallery.
SOUND:
The Sonic World of Harlem in Havana: Sound carries what images cannot. It holds rhythm, memory, and movement across time. This page brings together the music that shaped Harlem in Havana—both the sounds that defined the era and the works created to trace its legacy. Listen now.
SCREENPLAY
This screenplay is still becoming. It grows out of the documentary film Harlem in Havana, translating lived history into cinematic language—where memory, imagination, and truth meet on the page. Learn more.
BOOKS:
The Brown Skin Showgirls photography books were created as an extension of this documentary world. They gather image and narrative into form—offering another way of seeing the women, stages, and histories that shaped this legacy. They continue the work of preservation through print. Grab your copies.
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