Harlem Doc
A bohemian activist struggles alone against New York’s trillion-dollar real estate industry to save Harlem’s historic buildings.
Since 1985, historian Michael Henry Adams has waged a one-man campaign against New York’s trillion-dollar real estate industry to save Harlem’s historic buildings. The bohemian activist (always impeccably dressed in a straw or bowler hat and colorful suit) is in a race against time, as the rate at which these buildings are being demolished to make way for luxury condos and the like is accelerating.
Malcolm St-Pierre, Director
Malcolm St-Pierre is a Montreal-based filmmaker, editor and researcher who has worked in documentary and fiction storytelling for the past decade. After studying history in college, he worked for several years as a researcher for Academy Award-winner Malcolm Clarke - most recently, on Clarke’s theatrical documentary “Better Angels” (2019). His first film as director, “Moustafa & Maram” (2021), was a 30-minute documentary that explored Islamophobia in America through the story of a father and daughter in New York City.
Mandela Gregoire, DOP
Mandela Gregoire studied cinema at the School of Film & Animation at the The Rochester Institute of Technology and NYU Tisch School of the Arts. After school, he landed a job with Academy Award nominated director John Singleton, and went on to work for Rihanna as her personal photographer and videographer. Mandela now works on projects world-wide and has produced content for Ralph Lauren, Moet, Men’s Health Magazine, and the United Nations. He has visited over seventy countries on six continents and is passionate about cinema, international affairs, and the creative economy.
Martina Adamcova, Producer
Martina Adamcova is a Canadian producer, director, writer and actress. She is the founder and co-owner of Marcova Productions and a recognized producer with Quebec’s SODEC and Telefilm Canada. She has written, directed and produced multiple feature films featuring, including most recently “Hotel Limbo” and “My Wacko Parents.” She is presently involved as co producer in another documentary "Concealed Identity" about a McGill University Professor, a Holocaust survivor, who ignored all about his origins until a hand-written letter coming form a stranger revealed to him that he was saved as a toddler by a Nazi soldier.
Malcolm Clarke, Associate Producer
Two-time Oscar-winner and four-time Academy Award nominated Director, Writer & Producer Malcolm Clarke has been making films since the 1980s, first in his native England and later in the US. His most recent Oscar win was for “The Lady in Number Six” in 2014. He has made films in more than 80 countries. His work has won awards from the DGA, WGA, DGC, the Emmys, The Overseas Press Club of America and the BAFTA ‘John Grierson Prize’.
