Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island

2021 10 min

Overview

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.

Genres

History

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

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Cast

Ricky Goldman

Solomon Riley

Selamawit Worku

Elizabeth Riley

Rayly Aquino

Harold Curtis Brown

Moses Jeune

Jimmie Daniels

Crackhead Barney

Florence Mills

Terrance Livingston Jr.

James Van Der Zee

Crew

Ayanna Dozier

Director

Posters

External Links

Official Website