Teaneck International Film Festival - "Shared Legacies" and "The Empty Saddle: Remembering Samuel Johnson"

Sunday, November 12, 2023 @ 2:30pm

Teaneck Film Festival - Puffin Cultural Forum
20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ 07666

Shared Legacies

DOCUMENTARY - 95 MINUTES

Directed by Shari Rogers

Description:  The historical ties between Black and Jewish Americans began long before the Civil Rights era. Shared Legacies explores this significant alliance, sharing eyewitness accounts, interviews with civil rights leaders, including the late U.S. Representative John Lewis, and a treasure trove of archival footage. The film is a tribute to the pursuit of what Dr. King called a “coalition of conscience” and a celebration of partnership, as well as an urgent call to action for today.

Sponsored by Martin Luther King Birthday Committee; Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey; Teaneck Community Chorus 

Talkback with Rabbi Steven Sirbu of Temple Emeth; Andrew Sherwood; Rev. Kerwin Webb, New Jersey Social Justice Remembrance Coalition

The Empty Saddle: Remembering Samuel Johnson

DOCUMENTARY - 12 MINUTES

Directed by Andrew Sherwood

Description: This film chronicles the work of the New Jersey Social Justice Remembrance Coalition in conjunction with the Equal Justice Institute to bring a historical marker to the Eatontown site of the 1886 lynching of Samuel “Mingo Jack” Johnson. Johnson’s killing is the only documented lynching in New Jersey history.

Sponsored by Martin Luther King Birthday Committee; Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey

Talkback with Rabbi Steven Sirbu of Temple Emeth; Andrew Sherwood; Rev Kerwin Webb, New Jersey Social Justice