Original Title
Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island
Status
Released
Production Companies
The Shed
Original Language
EN
Budget
-
Revenue
-
Often discussed as an urban legend or a failed architectural project, Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island redresses the erasure around Riley’s completed amusement park for the Black Residents in Harlem and the Bronx in 1924 on Hart Island. Working across archives, contemporary footage of Hart Island, and speculative interviews with key Black cultural producers of the time, including Riley, the film reimagines what we know about Negro Coney Island and its legacy with New York City’s still active potter’s field, Hart Island.
Director
Ayanna Dozier
Production Countries
United States of America
