#BlackLivesMatter-Newark – with Rodney Gilbert: Tribute to a Newark ‘Creative’
Saturday, February 10, 2018 12:30 – 4:30 pm Centennial Hall, Main Library 5 Washington Street, Newark This special day begins at 12:30 pm with a... Read More
Film Screening: A Way Out, directed by Gladys Bensimon
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 6:00 – 8:00 pm Centennial Hall, Main Library 5 Washington Street, Newark The 2016 feature documentary A Way Out tells the... Read More
Frances E.W. Harper Literary Society 2017-2018 Programs
Frances E.W. Harper Literary Society of The Newark Public Library Celebrating 30 years at the Newark Public Library, since 1987 Dorothea M. Moore, Chairperson 2018-2019 Literary Schedule... Read More
Latino Celebration 2017 – Film Screening: The Borinqueneers
The award-winning documentary The Borinqueneers chronicles the untold story of the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment, the only all Hispanic-unit in U.S. Army history. Rare... Read More
Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Profiled
Profiled, a documentary by Kathleen Foster, knits together the stories of the families and supporters of Black and Latin youth murdered by the police into... Read More
Newark Black Film Festival Youth Cinema
Newark Public Library is a proud partner of the Newark Black Film Festival, now in its 43rd year, presenting Youth Cinema on six Mondays in... Read More
Film Screening: Born in the Struggle
Born In The Struggle is a documentary film that explores the personal accounts of children born to 1960s and 70s radical activists, including the Honorable... Read More
Women in the World: 8th Annual Women’s History Month Film Festival
Come celebrate women in film, art, and music, and honor Newark City Council President, the Honorable Mildred Crump! The Newark Public Library is the host... Read More
“Essex Mountain County Sanatorium”
Learn how tuberculosis has been treated in Essex County. The program will feature the newly-restored documentary film “Essex Mountain County Sanatorium,” showing treatment that was... Read More
