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Since its inception in 1974, the Newark Black Film Festival (NBFF) has become known among its peers as the longest running black film festival in the United States. Throughout the years, it has continued to provide a progressive public forum for hundreds of emerging writers, directors, producers, performers and film buffs who enjoy African American and African Diaspora cinema. Screening in the summer months, the films that are shown reflect the full diversity of the black experience in America, both past and present. Each film selection encompasses a wide range of cinematic forms and formulas, from documentary to the avant-garde, for youth and adults.
The festival also features the Paul Robeson awards, a biennial competition which was held in 2012 and again in 2014.
The Festival is free of charge to the public and receives funding in the form of special grants from foundations and corporations. The 2012 Festival season is made possible by a grant from Bank of America. It is administered by the Newark Museum and planned by the NBFF Selection Committee, which includes such notables as screenwriter and playwright Richard Wesley, who wrote the screenplays for "Let's Do It Again," "Uptown Saturday Night," "Native Son," "Deacons for Defense" and "Mandela & DeKlerk." Other Committee members, to name of few, include Jeff Friday, CEO and Co-founder of Film Life's American Black Film Festival, and Dr. Clement A. Price, noted historian, author and educator.
Festival Participants 1974-2012
Anthony Abulu
John Amos
Damani Baker
Amiri Baraka
Ras Baraka
Keith Beauchamp
Camille Billops
Carroll Parrott Blue
Donald Bogle
Coach Herman Boone
Pearl Bowser
Charles B. Brack
Cesar Braga-Pinto
Carl Brashear
Jim Brown
Prof. Marcia Wilson Brown
N.L. Akili Buchanan
Charles Burnet
Rev. Gilbert Caldwell
Richard Cammarieri
Roy Capanella, Jr.
Sonny Carson
Pete Chatmon
Benjamin Chavis
Ayoka Chenzira
Kathleen Collins
Fatoumata Coulibaly
Julie Dash
David Davidson
Bridget Davis
Roy Decarava
Ira Deutchman
Ernest R. Dickerson
Jane Dowell-Barton
Ava DuVernay
Amber Edwards
Hafiz Farid
Chris Fetchko
Kim Fields
Lisa France
Al Freeman, Jr.
Marcus Garvey, Jr.
Bill Gaskins
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Danny Glover
Dr. Gwendolyn Goldsby-Grant
William Greaves
Sam Greenlee
Pam Grier
Lisa Gay Hamilton
Tanya Hamilton
Richard Harding
Thomas Hart
Isaac Hayes
Gustav Heningburg
Chester Higgins, Jr.
Tracey Higgins
Rainette Holomon
Reggie Hudlin
Warrington Hudlin
Byron Hurt
Deborah Jacobs
Mayor Sharpe James, Newark
Barry Jenkins
James Earl Jones
Regina Kelly
Skip Kelly
Dr. Akil Kokayi Khalfani
Jerry LaMothe
Eriq LaSalle
Malcolm D. Lee
Robinne Lee
Spike Lee
LEON
Abbey Lincoln
Laura Lomas
Shola Lynch
Paula J. Massood
Michelle Materre
Matthew Miele
Caroline Memnon, Esq.
S. Epatha Merkerson
Winthrop McGriff
Darnell Moore
Deborah Morales
Luis Moro
Joe Morton
Jess Mowry
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James Mtume
Dr. James Mutambirwa
Mweze Ngangura
Gil Noble
Dr. Velile Notshulwana-Mqota
Euzhan Palcy
Mayor Douglas H. Palmer, Trenton
Gordon Parks
Kae Thompson Payne
William Payne
Brock Peters
Miriam Petty, Ph.D.
The Honorable Bob Pickett
Clement Alexander Price, Ph.D.
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Jules Ramsey
Tim Reid
Paul Robeson, Jr.
Jeppe Ronde
Noliwe Rooks
Kathe Sandler
Zina Saro-Wiwa
John Sayles
Danny Schechter
Sham
Usman Sharif
Bobby Shepard
Darien Sills-Evans
Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Bob Slade
Dornycya Suggs
Percy Sutton
Tobias Truvillion
Dr. Yvonne Thornton
James Van Der Zee
Dr. Marta Moreno Vega
Susan Vogel
Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker
Richard Wesley
Junius Williams
Giles R. Wright
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Newark Black Film Festival Selection Committee
Gloria Hopkins Buck, LCSW
Public Relations Consultant &
NBFF Chairperson
Patricia Faison
Marketing Associate &
NBFF Coordinator
Newark Museum
Jeff Friday
President
The Film Life, Inc.
Wilma J. Grey
Director
Newark Public Library
LeRoy Henderson
Visual Artist/Photographer/Arts Educator
Theodore T. Johnson, Ph.D.
Vice President, Human Resources
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Tynesha McHarris
Director, Programs & Community
Engagement
Newark Trust for Education
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Lisa Payne
Filmmaker
Clement Alexander Price, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Director
of the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity,
Culture, and the Modern Experience
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey/Newark
Mary Sue Sweeney Price
Director & CEO
Newark Museum
Jane Rappaport
Former NBFF Festival Coordinator
Bobby Shepard
Director of Photography Film/Video
Ralph R. Waller
Manager of Housing Production
Newark Housing Authority
Richard Wesley
Screenwriter/Playwright
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Majahid C. Ali
Flora B. Baldwin
James Brown*
John Gregory Clemons
Oliver Franklin
Thomas C. Guy Jr.*
Gustav Henningburg
Miriam Petty, Ph.D.
*Deceased
Gloria Hopkins Buck
Davante Chisolm
Laiblow D. Excellent
Hafiz Farid
Bobby Guions
LeRoy Henderson
Joyce Ann Judd
Pam Morgan
Wanda Payne
Usman Sharif
Bobby Shepard
Chriss Williams
Jean Woody
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