NJ film festival

Newark Black Film Festival: Toll
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Join us for a screening of Toll, directed by Carolina Markowicz. This film follows Suellen, a toll booth attendant who helps a gang of thieves steal watches to afford sending her son to a gay conversion workshop. The film is...
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Newark Black Film Festival: Family Tree
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Join us for a screening of Family Tree, directed by Jennifer MacArthur, and the short film It Takes a Village, directed by Joshua Kissi. Family Tree explores the connection between Black land ownership and sustainable forestry through the experiences of...
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Newark Black Film Festival: Songs from the Hole
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Join us for a screening of Songs from the Hole, directed by Contessa Gayles. This documentary visual album follows an incarcerated musician's journey for healing and peace as he comes of age behind bars. Experience his powerful story and stay...
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Newark Black Film Festival: Rob Peace
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Join us for a special screening of Rob Peace, directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor. This film tells the story of an inner-city Newark kid who attends Yale but ultimately succumbs to harsh economic realities and the demons of his past. Stay...
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Newark Black Film Festival: Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
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Join us for a screening of Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted, directed by Isaac Gale, Ryan Olson, and David McMurry. This documentary follows cult musician Swamp Dogg and his housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty as they transform their suburban...
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NBFF Honors Kasi Lemmons
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Join us for screening of short film, Behold a Lady, followed by the screening of iconic throwback Eve's Bayou as we celebrate and honor director, Kasi Lemmons. 
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Newark Black Film Festival: Drip Like Coffee
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Join us for a free screening of Drip Like Coffee, directed by Anaiis Cisco, and the short film Unbraided by Caroline Renard. Discover the unexpected romance of two Brooklyn baristas and follow Frankie’s quest through Los Angeles. Stay for a...
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