FEATURING
NEW JERSEY'S SUMMER OF DISCONTENT
REVOLUTION'67
TRENTON, NJ - Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells will host the opening night of the 2007 Newark Black Film Festival in Trenton on Thursday, June 28th at 6 p.m. at the New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, 205 West State Street. Admission is free and open to the public.
Celebrating its thirty-third year as one of the nation’s defining voices of independent black films, the Newark Black Film Festival in Trenton, will screen Revolution '67, a 90-minute documentary which explores the "untold"stories of the riots that erupted in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967. What really happened is told in archival footage through the words of those who lived through the civil unrest. Directed by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, Revolution '67 is a substantial documentary chronicling a chaotic and violent time in American history.
Dr. Clement A. Price, Director of the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University-Newark, will serve as the moderator for a panel discussion following the documentary. The invited panelists include: Amiri Baraka, Poet, Playwright, Activist; Richard Cammarieri, Director, Special Projects, New Community Corporation; and Junius Williams, Esq., Director, Abbott Leadership Institute, Rutgers University-Newark
Produced by the Newark Museum, the Newark Black Film Festival in Trenton is made possible by a grant from Bank of America. The film series will continue on July 12, July19, July 26 and August 2.
A full schedule of the film festival is available at www.newjerseystatemuseum.org.
The New Jersey State Museum is a division of the New Jersey Department of State.
