Newark Black Film Festival
Every summer, the Newark Black Film Festival is held at the Newark Museum
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The New Jersey-born singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson in 1942. The Paul Robeson Awards are held biannually at the Newark Black Film Festival.
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The Newark Museum, home to the Newark Black Film Festival
The Newark Black Film Festival (NBFF), held every summer since 1974 at the Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey, is the longest running black film festival in the United States.[1] The NBFF focuses on the work and history of African Americans and the African Diaspora. Screenings are typically followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers and scholars.[2]
The Newark Black Film Festival Paul Robeson Awards began as a biennial competition in 1985.[3]
Festival screenings are held in the Billy Johnson Auditorium at the Newark Museum.
The Festival is free of charge to the public and receives funding in the form of grants from various foundations and corporations.[4]
See also
- Jersey club - Newark musical genre
- Brick City club - Newark musical genre
- Tony Humphries (musician)
- Club Zanzibar - historic black electronic music venue in Newark
- McDonald's Gospelfest in Newark
- Lincoln Park Music Festival in Newark
- Institute of Jazz Studies in Newark
- Newark Arts High School
- Sparky J's and Key Club (historic Newark jazz clubs)
- Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark
- Grammy Museum Experience in Newark
- Afro Beat Fest in Newark
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