Press

HARLEM IN HAVANA IN THE NEWS TODAY

2022

• February 2022 - Tampa Bay Times - Leon Claxton, Tampa’s Black variety show producer, is featured in new documentary 

2021

• Sept 2021 - Durham Magazine - Hayti Film Next Level: JIG SHOW | Leon Claxton’s Harlem in Havana Drive-In & Virtual Screening 
• Sept 2021 - Discover Durham Hayti Film Next Level October: JIG SHOW | Leon Claxton's Harlem in Havana Drive In Screening
• Sept 30 - PR LOG - HARLEM IN HAVANA IS BACK! Drive-In Screening Oct 9 in Durham, NC
• Feb 22 - PR LOG - JIG SHOW!? Brown-Skinned Showgirls, One Legged Tappers, and a Lucumi Ritual Dance

2018

• March 30  – PR LOG– JIG SHOW Production in Durham! Documentary Film About 'Harlem in Havana' Spotlights local Afro Cuban Artists

2016

• April 23  – World News Harlem in Havana Helped Popularize Afro Cuban Music and Dance in North America

2015

• December 2 - Daily Times - Age is no obstacle for R&B legend/folk-soul troubadour John Myers
• November 13 – Hawaii News Now – Filmmaker show off their work during Cucalorus Film Festival
• November 5 -   Indy Weekly - Triangle filmmakers head to Wilmington for Cucalorus Film Festival
• September 2015 - Global Newswire -  Cucalorus Film Festival announces compelling list of early selections  
• April 2015 - Tampa Tribune - Showmen's Museum shows off carnival history 
• March 15 International independent Showmen's Museum - Hep Cats Claxton’s All Black Girl Show Revue
• March 30  - PRLOG - JIG SHOW!? Documentary Title Draws Controversy
• February 8 - AfroCubanWeb  
• February 8  - Tampa Tribune- "The Tyler Perry of His Time" 

2014

• February 3 - Calgary Herald - Not your grandpa's Stampede. Read now.

2013

• ITVS selects eight filmmaker's projects for Diversity Development Fund 

2012

• January 9 - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix - Harlem in Havana had strong links to Saskatoon. Read now.