This year’s theme will be “Music and Cinema.” From July 9 to 30, Films on the Green will bring a world music tour to the New York City area with free screenings in four different Manhattan parks. For the first time, this year’s program will offer free online screenings available on the French Embassy’s virtual film screening platform (available for people within a 30-mile radius of NYC).

Elevator To The Gallows

Featuring a legendary Miles Davis score in the classic French film Elevator to the Gallows; Tuareg guitar music by Mdou Moctar in Akounak Tedalat Taja Tazoughai; Bossa Nova by Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá in Black Orpheus; flamenco rhythms in Vengo;  and Daft Punk in Interstella5555,   music and film aficionados alike will find exciting tunes and stories in this lineup.
The 13th edition of Films on the Green will also illustrate the diversity of French and Francophone cinema and feature movies from Tunisia (Satin Rouge), Japan (Interstella 5555), Brazil (Black Orpheus), and Spain (Vengo).

Films on the Green 2021 Schedule:

July 9 – Central Park (79th St & Fifth Ave) & Virtual Cinema: La Boum by Claude Pinoteau
July 12 – Virtual Cinema: Elevator to the Gallows by Louis Malle
July 16 – Washington Square Park & Virtual Cinema: Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem by Leiji Matsumoto
July 19 – Virtual Cinema: Chavela by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi
July 21 – Virtual Cinema: Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai by Christopher Kirkley
July 23 – Seward Park (Lower East Side) & Virtual Cinema: Satin Rouge by Raja Amari
July 26 – Virtual Cinema: Concert: Les Amazones d’Afrique
July 28 – Virtual Cinema: Vengo by Tony Gatlif
July 30 – Riverside Park, Pier I (at 70th St) & Virtual Cinema: Black Orpheus by Marcel Camus

All screenings will be subtitled in English, free and open to the public (ticket reservation needed for online screenings). Screenings begin at 8:30PM.

More information: https://frenchculture.org/events/13387-films-green-2021
Virtual Cinema Platform: https://e-cinema.the25hour.us/cinema/1