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AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange “125 Franco’s Boulevard”

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Credit: Sia Nyorkor & Jacob Templin

Sia Nyokor and Jacob Templin

New York, New York

Also known as the “Picasso of Harlem,” Franco the Great has been painting murals on the storefront roll-down gates of 125th Street for 40 years. Rezoning legislation and a recently passed city law threaten to remove those gates along with the art and culture preserved on them. This film will ask: Who will preserve Franco’s art?