Pearl Bowser sold a 3,192-square-foot home at 71 Joralemon St. in Brooklyn Heights to Genevieve Kahr and Daniel Freedberg for $3.3 million on May 23.

The home was built in 1915 in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Bowser is the director of African Diaspora Images, a collection of historical and contemporary films and memorabilia documenting black film history. She is the author of Writing Himself Into History: Oscar Micheaux His Silent Films and His Audiences and the director of Namibia: Independence Now!. As a co-director, she is credited for the TV series documentary Midnight Ramble: Oscar Micheaux and the Story of Race Movies. She has also curated a number of film festivals in the U.S., Africa and Europe and has served as a film consultant.

She attended Brooklyn College.

Kahr is a partner at Jericho Capital, a New York-based company that partners with and invests in small and middle-market businesses. She formerly served as an associate at TPG-Axon Capital.

She has a B.A. and an M.A. in East Asian languages and literatures from Yale University.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 133 home sales in Brooklyn Heights during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $580,000.

Address: 71 Joralemon Street
Buyer(s): Kahr, Genevieve, Freedberg and Daniel
Seller(s): Bowser and Pearl
Sale date: May. 23, 2012