Thursday April 2, 6:30 pm
Billy Johnson Auditorium
Join us in the Billy Johnson Auditorium for a dynamic season of films, documentary and shorts, curated by filmmakers Yvonne Michelle Shirley and LeRon Lee of The Newarkive. Each week we present films that explore narrative threads similar to those experienced here in Newark.
This session proposes films created in close collaboration with members of the community to paint intimate cinematic portraits of systemic injustices.
(2019) Directed by Faren Humes. (17 min). Not rated.
In this short, two dance teammates are confronted by the redevelopment of their neighborhood.
(1978) Directed by Charles Burnett. (80 min). Not rated.
Considered a lost classic until it gained a wider release 30 years after it was made, this masterpiece of 70’s cinema is a poetic exploration of a dreamer unable to affect the course of his life.