Library
holds Children's Black Film Festival
Press
Release 6/22/2000The Newark Public Library
again will be a venue for the 26th Annual
Newark Black Film Festival, when it features special
childrens films in July. The childrens films
will be held at 10:30am in the fourth-floor auditorium of
the main library, 5 Washington Street. The librarys
schedule will be on Mondays, beginning with July 10; The
Newark Museum will show them the following Wednesdays.
The Newark Public Librarys schedule follows.
July 10,
Stories from the Black Tradition. This series
includes A StoryA Story, Mufaros Beautiful
Daughters, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears, The
Village of Round and Square Houses and Goggles.
(Rated G52 minutes.)
July 17,
And The Children Shall Lead. Danny Glover
and LeVar Burton star in this story of a young black girl
who attempts to advance the rights of Blacks in
Mississippi. (Rated G60 minutes.)
July 24,
You Must Remember This. Ella, a budding young
basketball star, makes an amazing discovery. (Rated G102
minutes.)
July 31,
Words By Heart. The commandment of love thy
neighbor clashes with prejudice in this moving
drama set at the turn of the century. (Rated G116
minutes.)
For more information about
The Newark Public Librarys childrens schedule,
please consult the librarys home page (www.npl.org),
or call Michele Cappetta, youth services coordinator, at
973-733-5642. For information about The Newark Museums
schedule, please call 973-596-6550.
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