The Screening Room is where the archive moves.
Through short films, archival footage, and video essays, this space brings the visual memory of 50 years of CCCADI into conversation with the present.
Here you’ll find moments from the CCCADI archive alongside new storytelling from the Community Archiving Lab for Culture and Justice—connecting past and present through image, voice, and reflection.
Moving Images from CCCADI’s Living Archive
Excerpt from archival footage recorded during Carnival season in New York City on August 4, 1990.
This clip captures a moment from a live performance by La Banda Tanaora featuring Cecilia Engelhart, part of the vibrant Caribbean cultural celebrations that shaped New York City’s diasporic music scene.
La Letra del Año, or Odu of the Year, is a forecast offered to the community as a result of the Lucumi divination ceremony held by a council of babalawos in Cuba. Announced on January 1st, this “reading” provides a sacred blueprint and predictions for the year ahead.
