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NEWARK BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
June 29, July 13, July 20, July 27 & August 3
The Baronet Theater
205 Fourth Ave.
Asbury Park, NJ
 
Schedule
The Newark Black Film Festival, produced by The Newark Museum www.newarkmuseum.com in conjunction with the Monmouth County Arts Council, expanded its 33 year old program by including Asbury Park as an additional venue this summer. The Film Festival which has attracted thousands over the past 33 years incorporates the best in films about or made
by African-Americans and brought well known speakers and filmmakers to our community. In addition to free films geared towards adults, the Festival presented a free series for children.
This year's festival included films such as Revolution '67 which depicts the "untold" story of the riots that erupted in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967. With a discussion afterwards hosted by Tyrone Laws and moderated by Dr. Clement A. Price; Director of the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience, Rutgers University-Newark.
The panelists for this discussion included Junius Williams, Abbott Leadership Institute, Richard Cammarieri, New Community Corporation, Amiri Baraka- Poet Laureate. The discussion compared the riots in Newark with those in Asbury Park in 1970.
Also playing at the Festival was James Brown -The Man the Music and the Message. This film highlights the live performances of Brown and his music that spanned four decades, from dancing for pennies to entertaining presidents. Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed, followed the campaign of Shirley Chisholm, the first female black woman to run for president. Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes explored issues such as women and violence in rap music, representations of manhood in hip-hop culture, rap lyrics, and homoeroticism in hip-hop. The Oscar award winning film Tsotsi was a gritty and moving portrait of an angry young man living in a state of extreme urban deprivation.
The children's film screenings included films that explore love, humanity and friendship, and included a collection of animated African and African-American Folktales. Youth screening programs with film related hands on workshops were presented to almost 500 kids throughout the festival.
 
Brookdale Community College is a Silver Sponsor of the Newark Black Film Festival.
This program is also made possible through funding from the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State.
For more information on the Newark Black Film Festival in Asbury Park or to request a free brochure, please contact The Monmouth County Arts Council at (732)-212-1890 or visit www.monmouthartscouncil.org. For the full schedule please
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