Homo Harlem
Opens June 18, Maysles Cinema, 343 Lenox Ave. (betw. W. 127th & W. 128th Sts.), 212-582- 6050; times vary, $10 donation
For most, knowledge of gay Harlem is confined to Judith Butler’s Paris is Burning, but this weeklong series includes documentaries profiling lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde, gay hustler Aaron Payne, bandleader Billy Strayhorn and other lesser-known gay black characters. I’m looking forward to Wolfgang Bausch’s How Do I Look, a 2007 update of Butler’s métier, the Harlem ball.
Bottom Line:Your best chance to see a doubly silenced minority on the big screen.
