Newark Black Film Festival

Newark Black Film Festival: Power of the Dream
2024-06-19 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Newark Museum of Art, 49 Washington Street, Newark, 07102, United States
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.

Newark Black Film Festival Presents — Aftershock
2024-05-30 18:00 - 21:00
Film Screening + Panel Discussion
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Join us as we explore the US maternal health crisis in the Black community.
Aftershock, directed by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee. (86 mins). TV-MA
Following the deaths of two young women due to childbirth complications, two bereaved families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises today: the US maternal health crisis.
A small reception will be held at 6pm, with the film beginning at 7pm.
Following the film will be a panel discussion featuring:

Tonya Lewis Lee, director
Mayor of the City of Newark, Ras Baraka

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Newark Black Film Festival Presents — Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution
2024-05-09 19:00 - 21:30
Film Screening + Panel Discussion
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Versailles ’73: American Runway, directed by Deborah Riley Draper. (91 mins). Not rated

Versailles ’73 explores a pivotal moment in history, when a fashion face-off pitted French haute couture establishment – Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Hubert de Givenchy, Pierre Cardin and Emmanuel Ungaro – against American designers Anne Klein, Stephen Burrows, Oscar de la Renta and Halston.

In front of an audience of 700 millionaire luminaries, royalty and icons including Andy Warhol, Princess Grace of Monaco, Christina Onassis and Josephine Baker, the Americans catapulted ready-to-wear to global stardom.

Film begins at 7pm. Arrive early to view The Story of Newark Fashion: Atelier to Runway exhibition before the screening.

Following the film will be a panel discussion featuring:

Deborah Riley Draper, director of the film
Pat Cleveland, fashion model, walked the runway at Battle of Versailles
Mikki Taylor, media personality and Editor-at-Large, Essence magazine
Kristen Joy Owens, guest curator of The Story of Newark Fashion: Atelier to Runway exhibition

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