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New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2021 Animation Filmmakers Video Q+A

By Al Nigrin

originally published: 09/18/2021




Here is the New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2021 Animation Filmmakers Q+A with Jethro Tull: Aqualung Director Sam Chegini, Invention in C Major Director Richard D. Lopez and Festival Director Al Nigrin.



Invention in C Major - Richard D Lopez (North Haledon, New Jersey) Haunted by the music coming from inside her, a music machine comes face to face with reality when an unexpected visitor appears. Will her past dictate her future? 2020; 4 min.Invention in C Major Show date: Sunday, September 19, 2021. More Info and Tickets are available here.

Jethro Tull: Aqualung – Sam Chegini (London, England) On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Jethro Tull's Aqualung, this is an updated look into the band's most celebrated song about the homeless and homelessness. 2021; 7 min.Jethro Tull: Aqualung Show date: Friday, October 1, 2021. More Info and Tickets are available here



The Fall 2021 New Jersey Film Festival -- which will be taking place on the Fridays and Sundays between September 10 and October 10 -- will be a hybrid one this Fall as we will be presenting the Festival online as well as doing live screenings at Rutgers University. All the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. Each ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for the live and virtual screenings. The live screenings will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ beginning at 7PM for each program on their show date. Ticket buyers will also have special access to Filmmaker Introductions and Q+A Sessions for many of the films.  Tickets: $15=Per Program; Festival All Access Pass=$100. To buy tickets go here: https://watch.eventive.org/newjerseyfilmfestivalfall2021

 




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About the author:

Albert Gabriel Nigrin is an award-winning experimental media artist whose work has been screened throughout the world. He is also a Cinema Studies Lecturer at Rutgers University, and the Executive Director/Curator of the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc.


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