Newark Black Film Festival: Power of the Dream

Name: Newark Black Film Festival: Power of the Dream
Start: 2024-06-19T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-06-19T21:00:00-04:00
Location: The Newark Museum of Art

Schedule

Wed Jun 19 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Newark Museum of Art | Newark, NJ

Kick off the Newark Black Film Festival with an early screening of Power of the Dream, an inspiring documentary directed by Dawn Porter, alongside the short film A Race in the Sun by K. Nicole Mills.
Power of the Dream
Directed by Dawn Porter (94 min). Not rated.
Experience the empowering and unlikely true story of how a group of professional women’s basketball players took on a WNBA team owner and rallied behind now-Senator Raphael Warnock, forever changing the landscape of their sport and the course of U.S. politics.
The documentary is produced by Dawn Porter, Sue Bird, Nneka Ogwumike, and Tracee Ellis Ross.
A Race in the Sun
Directed by K. Nicole Mills (20 min). Not rated.
Delve into the cycling culture through the eyes of Ayesha McGowan, the world’s first African American woman to become a professional cyclist.
Following the screenings, join us for an engaging Q&A session with Director Dawn Porter.
Don’t miss this exciting start to the 50th Newark Black Film Festival, taking place this summer from July 10-14, 2024!
Location: Billy Johnson Auditorium