"Harlem is Nowhere" - CoINTELPRO Short Film
(Winner at Harlem Intl Film Festival)
"Harlem Is Nowhere” is a short film directed and executive produced by Akil Gibbons that blends fictional noir-style scenes influenced by Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison’s “The Invisible Man,” with real people, places, and events on Juneteenth during the covid-19 lockdown and BLM protests in rapidly gentrifying and disappearing Harlem.
Full Length film available HERE.
In our first episode, Gonzo decides to exploit the fear and loathing surrounding the chaos of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and criminal convictions in New York City, discovering a moral conundrum between media, politics, and the American Dream.
Gonzo hustles to get the inside scoop and the perfect sensational content: talking to everyday New Yorkers about their fears; interviewing Councilman Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated 5, who sues Trump for lies during the presidential debates; even hiring ex-Congressman George Santos, who faces multiple criminal convictions, to do his bidding as GONZOVISION’s political correspondent on Halloween, days before the election.
After Trump wins, Gonzo reports at the president-elect’s criminal sentencing in New York City, and discovers just how powerful the fear and loathing is, as George faces his fate… but is ultimately freed from prison by President Trump, and shares his Gonzo reporting on Halloween in 2025, teasing the next episode.
