759: Boy Scouts of Harlem (2009)

Directed by

Justin Szlasa

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a Boy Scout troop in Harlem. It shows the scouts and their leaders as they go about their activities and build community.

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What happens

759: Boy Scouts of Harlem is a family documentary about Boy Scout Troop 759, which meets in Harlem. It was directed by Jake Boritt and Justin Szlasa who also produced, wrote, and edited the film. The film premiered as a free community event on March 14, 2009, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem on Lenox Avenue. Two weeks later it screened on board the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in Manhattan, then on October 8, 2009, Senator Jeff Sessions and Senator Ben Nelson sponsored a screening on Capitol Hill. The film aired on public television stations around the country starting in August 2010, as presented by Maryland Public Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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