2022 Newark Black Film Festival
Overview
The Newark Black Film Festival, the longest-running Black film festival in the United States, returned after a brief hiatus!
Celebrating films that heighten the historic importance of the Black experience in the United States, the festival features live panel discussions and exclusive screenings of films created in the last three years.
Since 1974, NBFF has presented the work of young, independent, Black filmmakers, showcasing early films by the likes of Spike Lee, Ayoka Chenzira, and Warrington and Reginald Hudlin. Other luminaries that have participated in the festival over the years include James Earl Jones, Danny Glover, Pam Grier, Donald Bogle, Richard Wesley, Euzhan Palcy, Ava DuVernay and S. Epatha Merkerson.
2022 Paul Robeson Award Winners
Ludi (2021). Directed by Edson Jean. (80 min). Not rated
The Spirit God Gave Us (2021). Directed by Michael Donte Jemison. (20 min). Not rated
Ludi (2021). Directed by Edson Jean. (80 min). Not rated
Clarisa (2022). Directed by Philip Knowlton. (16 min). Not rated
Big Chief Black Hawk (2021). Directed by Jonathan Isaac Jackson. (53 min). Not rated
Souls (2020). Directed by Malakai. (15 min). Not rated
Photos
Enjoy these photo highlights from the 2022 NBFF. Feel free to right-click to download and save yours!
You can also visit our Facebook photo album to browse through the complete set of over 1,100 photos!
Screenings + Events
The 2022 Newark Black Film Festival took place July 12-17, 2022.
Selection Committee
Dale E. Colston
Patricia Faison
Jeff Friday
LeRoy Henderson
LeRon Lee
Millicent Matthews
Lisa Payne
Mary Sue Price
Yvonne Michelle Shirley
Ayana Stafford-Morris
Richard Wesley (Chair)
Funding
The Newark Museum of Art’s Newark Black Film Festival is made possible by
The Newark Museum of Art, a not-for-profit museum of art and science, receives operating support from the City of Newark, the State of New Jersey, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State (a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts), the New Jersey Cultural Trust, the Prudential Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Victoria Foundation, the Estate of Phyllis and Sanford Bolton, the Wallace Foundation, and other corporations, foundations, and individuals. Funds for acquisitions and activities other than operations are provided by members and other contributors.