Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island
Movie| Title | Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island |
| User score | 0 |
| Release date | Jun 4, 2021 |
| Genre | History |
| Director | Ayanna Dozier |
| Production country | United States of America |
| Production companies | The Shed |
| Run time | 10 min. |
Often discussed as an urban legend or a failed architectural project, Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island redresses the erasure around Riley’s completed amusement park for the Black Residents in Harlem and the Bronx in 1924 on Hart Island. Working across archives, contemporary footage of Hart Island, and speculative interviews with key Black cultural producers of the time, including Riley, the film reimagines what we know about Negro Coney Island and its legacy with New York City’s still active potter’s field, Hart Island.