''Paris is in Harlem'' is a 2022 American drama film written and directed by

Christina Kallas Christina Kallas is a Greek-American film director, screenwriter, and producer whose films include ''42 Seconds of Happiness'', '' The Rainbow Experiment'', and '' Paris is in Harlem''. Life and career Kallas was born in Thessaloniki, Greece ...

and starring

Vandit Bhatt Vandit Bhatt (born August 4, 1984) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Kevin in the NBC sitcom ''The Michael J. Fox Show'' and as Jagdeep Patel in the third season of the ABC thriller '' Quantico''. Life and career Bhatt was ...

Cast

*Chris Veteri as Ike *

as Ben *Leon Addison Brown as Sam *Ellie Foumbi as Michelle *Kojo Roney as Job *Tim Eliot as Jason *Laura Pruden as Sila *Lauren Sowa as Alis * Souléymane Sy Savané as Serenity *Steve Vause as Arthur *Marlon Martinez as Marlon *

Spaceman Patterson William "Spaceman" Patterson is a guitarist and producer, who has collaborated with Miles Davis, James Brown and Frank Ocean. History Spaceman Patterson was one of the musicians in Miles Davis' touring line-up in the 1980s. In 1992, Patterso ...

as Space *

Antoine Roney Antoine Roney (born April 1, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American tenor saxophonist, brother to trumpeter Wallace Roney.Allmusic profile/ref> He attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Hartt School of Music of the Univer ...

as Antoine *Tomoki Sanders as Tomoki *

Camille Thurman Camille Thurman (born December 22, 1986) is an American jazz musician, composer, and member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Her first two albums, released by Chesky Records in 2018 and 2017, peaked at #3 and #25 respectively on the Billbo ...

as Camille

Release

The film premiered at the 2022

Slamdance Film Festival The Slamdance Film Festival is an annual film festival focused on emerging artists. The annual week-long festival takes place in Park City, Utah, in late January and is the main event organized by the year-round Slamdance organization, which als ...

Reception

The film has a 100% rating on

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based on five reviews. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas of the

Alliance of Women Film Journalists The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) is a non-profit organization founded in 2006. It is based in New York City and is dedicated to supporting work by and about women in the film industry. The AWFJ is composed of 84 professional female ...

gave the film a positive review and wrote, "a joyful, loving, euphoric snapshot of a city and its people at a key historical moment, ''Paris is in Harlem'' delights in letting the jazz flow." Kyle Bain of ''

Film Threat ''Film Threat'' is an online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. It first ...

'' rated the film a 7 out of 10.

References

External links

* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, paris_is_in_harlem American drama films