Honoring History: San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood Film Screening and Panel

In collaboration with the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, we invite you to join us for a special film screening and panel of San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood at our Lincoln Center campus.

Directed by Emmy Award winner Stanley Nelson and narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Ariana DeBose, this moving documentary explores the history of San Juan Hill—a vibrant, diverse community that once thrived where Lincoln Center now stands. Through archival footage, storytelling, and commentary, the film honors the neighborhood’s enduring creativity, resilience, and spirit.

San Juan Hill’s legacy is deeply connected to our own Lincoln Center campus, inviting us to reflect on the layered histories of the spaces we inhabit. This screening offers an opportunity to engage with the stories that shaped our neighborhood and to consider how history, art, and education intersect in the ongoing work of building inclusive communities.

Following the screening, a panel of artists, scholars, and community leaders will reflect on San Juan Hill’s legacy and the ways history, art, and memory continue to shape our shared civic life and the education of future generations.