NiaFlix: A Night at the Centre

NiaFlix: A Night at the Centre is a monthly movie night series that centers movies, films and black storytellers that showcase Black Artistic Expression. Featuring carefully curated films by filmmaker Kourtney Jackson, each night will transport you through stories that blend nostalgia, art, and culture, giving you that cozy Netflix vibe right at Nia Centre!

On Thursday January 23, 2024, we will be screening The Harder They Come, a 1972 crime thriller, written and directed by Perry Henzell.

Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm

Location: 524 Oakwood Avenue

Light refreshments will be made available.

About the Film

The film centres on Ivan (Jimmy Cliff), a rural Jamaican musician who journeys to the city of Kingston in search of fame and fortune — and gets sucked into a harsh world of manipulative producers, abusive cops and drug pushers instead.

About the Series Curator

Kourtney Jackson

Kourtney Jackson is a Toronto-based filmmaker and lens-based artist. Her artistic practice employs hybridized and experimental forms of storytelling that permeate interiorities of Black queer womanhood.

In lieu of “representation” as a means for legibility, her work endeavours toward a repatriation of the self through somatic, spiritual, and ecological sensibilities. Her award-winning films have screened locally and internationally at festivals including TIFF Next Wave (Toronto), BlackStar Film Festival (Philadelphia), Sundance Film Festival, Ignite x Adobe (Utah), and the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (Montréal).