Newark Black Film Festival: Power of the Dream

Newark Black Film Festival: Power of the Dream

Free. Registration required.

Kick off the Newark Black Film Festival with an early screening of Power of the Dream, an inspiring documentary directed by Dawn Porter, alongside the short film A Race in the Sun by K. Nicole Mills.

Power of the Dream

• Directed by Dawn Porter (94 min). Not rated.
• Experience the empowering and unlikely true story of how a group of professional women’s basketball players took on a WNBA team owner and rallied behind now-Senator Raphael Warnock, forever changing the landscape of their sport and the course of U.S. politics.
• The documentary is produced by Dawn Porter, Sue Bird, Nneka Ogwumike, and Tracee Ellis Ross.

A Race in the Sun

• Directed by K. Nicole Mills (20 min). Not rated.
• Delve into the cycling culture through the eyes of Ayesha McGowan, the world’s first African American woman to become a professional cyclist.

Following the screenings, join us for an engaging Q&A session.