Paris is in Harlem (2022)
Plot: Set on October 31, 2017—the historic day New York City finally repealed its "Cabaret Law" (a 98-year-old "No Dancing" ordinance)—the film is a mosaic of several interconnected lives. The narrative follows a diverse group of strangers, including an adjunct professor, a jazz club owner, a security guard, and a teenage drum prodigy, as they navigate a day filled with racial tension, personal crises, and social friction. Their individual paths eventually converge at the legendary "Paris Blues" jazz club in Harlem, where a violent shooting alters their destinies forever. The film is famously structured like a jazz composition, utilizing a complex "split-screen" technique to show multiple perspectives simultaneously.
