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Podcast Interview on The Sun Rises in The East

Husband and wife filmmaking team sit down to discuss the making of The Sun Rises in The East as well The East’s lasting impact — locally, nationally and globally.| March 18, 2024

Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Tuesday, February 20 at 6:30pm | Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts

Film Review by Indy Film Library

“The film is a fitting tribute to the people who built East and, like the legacy it so eloquently portrays, it will certainly endure.”| February 16, 2024

CBH Talk | The Legacy of The East, Brooklyn’s Center For Black Determination

Thu, February 8, 2024 at 7pm| Center for Brooklyn History

NYC Winter Jazzfest Film Screening

Thu, January 4, 2024 at 7pm | Nitehawk Cinema, Williamsburg

Activists on Screen: Film Screening

Thu, November 16, 2023 at 6:30pm | Museum of the City of New York

8th Annual BRIC Media Maker Weekend: Film Screening

Sat, October 28 at 3pm | BRIC Media Center

The Legacy of a Bed-Stuy Black Utopia

The Sun Rises in the East documentary unearths the story of a 1970s Brooklyn community that spurred the borough’s Black solidarity culture. | August 8, 2023

Exploring the Lasting Legacy of The East, Central Brooklyn’s Pan-African Movement

In a new documentary, filmmakers Tayo and Cynthia Giwa finally tell the whole story of The East. | August 5, 2023

Brooklyn Documentary “The Sun Rises in the East” Now Available Online

The film is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Movies, Google Play and Tubi. | August 2, 2023

New Film Explores Legacy of The East

Brooklyn-based filmmakers have brought a story that needed telling back to life. | July 25, 2023

Now Streaming!

The Sun Rises in The East is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Maine International Film Festival Screening

Sun, July 9, 2023 at 6:40pm | Maine Film Center 2, Waterville, Maine

Tue, July 11, 2023 at 9pm | Maine Film Center 1, Waterville, Maine

Trenton Film Festival Screening

Sun, June 11, 2023 at 3:15pm | Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton, NJ

Vermont Film + Music Festival Screening

Sat, June 3, 2023 at 3pm|Stowe Cinema, Stowe, VT

Philadelphia Independent Film Festival

Wed, May 17, 2023 at 3pm | Purple Light Lounge, Philadelphia, PA

Seattle Black Film Festival Screening

Wed, April 26, 2023 at 7pm | Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle, WA

Riverside International Film Festival Screening

Thu, April 20, 2023 at 2:10pm | The Box Theater, Riverside, CA

Capital City Film Festival Screening

Fri, April 7, 2023 at 6pm | Lansing Public Media Center, Lansing, MI

Phoenix Film Festival Screenings

Fri, March 24, 2023 at 3:40 pm; Sat,March 25, 2023 at 9:10 am; Sun, March 26, 2023 at 7:10 pm | Harkins Scottsdale

Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District Film Screening

Sat, February 25, 2023 at 1pm | Brownsville Collaborative Middle School for Agriculture and Technology, Brooklyn

Philadelphia School District Social Studies Department Film Screening

Tue, February 21, 2023 at 6pm | Founders’ Hall La Salle University

Billie Holiday Theatre Screening

Fri, February 10, 2023 at 7pm | Brooklyn

UB Humanities Institute Screening

Thu, February 9, 2023 at 6pm | Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

Medgar Evers College Screening

Wed, February 8, 2023 at 11:30am | Edison O. Jackson Auditorium, Brooklyn

British Urban Film Festival Screening

Sun, November 27 at 8:30 pm | Rich Mix, London

Utopia Film Festival Screening

Sun, November 20 at 1:30pm & Mon, November 21, 2022 at 7:30pm | New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt, MD

Alexandria Film Festival Screening

Fri, November 11, 2022 at 12pm | AMC Hoffman, Alexandria, VA

Bushwick Film Festival Screening

Thu, November 3, 2022 at 5:30pm | Williamsburg Cinemas, Brooklyn

Reel Sisters 25th Anniv. Retrospective Weekend Film Screening

Sat, October 22, 2022 at 6:05pm | St. Joseph’s University, Brooklyn

The New Haven Documentary Film Festival Screening

Mon, October 17, 2022 at 5pm | New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven, CT

Red Rock Film Festival Screening

Sat, October 15, 2022 at 3:05pm | Cedar Fun Center, Cedar City, UT

Baltimore International Black Film Festival Screening

Sat, October er 8 at 4:09pm | NF Parkway Theatre, Baltimore, MD

Louisville International Festival of Film Screening

Friday, October 7, 2022 at 2:42pm | Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Louisville, KY

International Black Film Festival Screening

Sun, October 2 at 10:30am| Lobby Center Theater, Nashville, TN

Detroit Black Film Festival Screening

Thu, September 22, 2022 at 1:30pm | C.H.W. Museum of African American History, Detroit

Oakland International Film Festival Screening

Sun, September18, 2022 at 7:30pm | Outdoor Screenings at Liberation Park, Oakland, CA

Newburyport Documentary Film Festival Screening

Sun, September 18, 2022 at 2pm|The Screening Room, Newburyport, MA

Oak Park Black Film Festival Screening

Saturday, September 10 at 7:45pm | Guild Theater, Sacramento CA

New Jersey Film Festival Screening

Fri, September 9, 2022 at 7pm | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Documentary on Brooklyn Education Arts Center, The East

Director Tayo Giwa and producer Cynthia Gordy Giwa join to discuss the history of The East and the making of the documentary. | August 17, 2022

Sidewalk Film Festival Screening

Sat, August 28, 2022 at 10am | Caver Theatre, Birminging, AL

Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Screening

Wed, August 24 at 11:30am | Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont

BronzeLens Film Festival Screening

Tue, August 23, 2022 at 11am | IPIC Atlanta Colony Square, Atlanta, GA

Black is Brilliant Summit Film Screening

Friday, August 19 @ 6pm | St. Vincent Hotel, New Orleans, LA

Jitu Weusi Plaza Screening

PRESENTED BY BAM & FAB FULTON

Thu, August 18, 2022 at 8:30pm | Grand Street & Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY

Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival Screening

Tue, August 9, at 1pm | MV Performing Arts Center, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

Restoration Plaza Screening

PRESENTED BY THE BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE

Thu, August 4, 2022 at 8:30pm |Restoration West Plaza, Brooklyn NY

Fighting a tide of cultural dilution, the East amplified and strengthened the roots of Brooklyn’s Black communities through a wide-ranging array of initiatives. The Sun Rises in the East is a new film that documents the movement and points the way to the future. | July 27, 2022

Hidden in Plain Sight: How Pan-African Group The East Shaped Brooklyn

When the filmmakers Cynthia Gordy Giwa and Tayo Giwa first learned about The East, they found the story hard to shake. | June 13, 2022

Vision Festival Film Screening

Mon, June 20, 2022,at 7pm | Anthology Film Archives, Manhattan, NY

The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival Screening

Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 4pm | The Theater at Sunset Park High School, Brooklyn, NY

The People’s Film Festival Screening

Sun, June 5, 2022 at 1pm | Magic Johnson Theater, Harlem, NY

Free Public Screening Presented by MoCADA

Sat, June 4, 2022 at 6:30pm | Herbert Von King Park

The Legacy of Bed-Stuy’s Legendary “The East” is on Film

The legacy of The East is showcased in the documentary The Sun Rises in The East, directed and produced by Bed-Stuy married couple Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa, who are also the creators of Black-Owned Brooklyn, a publication and Instagram site that documents local Black business, history and culture. | June 2, 2022

Critical Viewing: Essential Documentaries to Watch This Summer

David Roach recommends: The Sun Rises in The East | May 25, 2022

The Sun Rises in The East

The Sun Rises in The East (2022) premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in February with many East members in attendance. | May 2022

New York African Film Festival Screening

Sun, May 15, 2022 at 2 pm|Film at Lincoln Center; Mon, May 16, 2022 at 9 pm | Film at Lincoln Center

This Couple’s Intimate Journalism Project

Centers Black Brooklyn Businesses

Husband-and-wife duo Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa have spent the last few years documenting the Black business boom in Brooklyn. | April 15, 2022

Florida Film Festival Screening

Sat, April 9, 2022 at 10:30 am | Enzian Theater, Winter Park, FL

Tue, April 12, 2022 at 8:15 pm | Regal Theater, Winter Park, FL

North Carolina Black Film Festival

Sat, March 26, 2002 at 3pm | Community Arts Center, Wilmington, NC

Lurie Daniel Favors w/ Black-Owned Brooklyn

Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa of Black-Owned Brooklyn, join the Lurie Daniel Favors Show to discuss their documentary The Sun Rises in the East. | March 23, 2022

Introducing The East, the Black Nationalist Collective That

Gave the Black Residents of Bed-Stuy Self-Determination

Premiered on February 24 at Brooklyn Academy of Music, documentary film The Sun Rises in The East documents the power of community organizing. | March 2, 2022

New Documentary Shows How a Brooklyn-Based Organization Impacted Black New Yorkers and Beyond

The Sun Rises in The East take a look at the rise and legacy of The East. | February 22, 2022

Black-Owned Brooklyn Founders Release Documentary

On A Central Part Of The Borough's History

The soon-to-be-released documentary, “The Sun Rises in The East” has reignited interest in the history of The East among Brooklynites. |February 23, 2022

The Center That Shaped Black Life in 1970s Brooklyn

A documentary premiering this month chronicles the history and impact of The East, an organization and meeting place that served as a “microcosm of Black nationhood” in Central Brooklyn. | February 11, 2022

Into America Podcast: How a Radical Black Community in the 70’s Shaped Brooklyn

The soul of Black Brooklyn can trace its roots to a little-remembered pan-African collective from the 70s called The East. | January 13, 2022

Brooklyn Couple Celebrates Black-Owned Businesses in New Film

The work of Cynthia and Tayo Giwa as co-creators of a publication called Black-Owned Brooklyn, which celebrates Brooklyn Black history and businesses, inspired them to create The Sun Rises in The East. | December 19, 2021