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Don't Miss Little Satchmo at the Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival
by Alexia Fraser
published 2022-09-14

Little Satchmo, written and directed by John Alexander, is a captivating documentary that tells the story of Sharon Louise Preston-Folta, Louis Armstrong’s estranged daughter. The documentary is narrated by Preston-Folta and adapted from her memoir, Little Satchmo; Living in the Shadow Of My Father, Louis Daniel Armstrong.




 

Little Satchmo Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival Video Q+A

by Al Nigrin
published 2022-09-13

Here is the  Little Satchmo Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival Q+A with Director John Alexander and Festival Director Al Nigrin.



Little Satchmo screens at the Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival on September 18

by Vanessa Tirok
published 2022-09-12

Louis Armstrong, the jazz icon who left a legacy of joy and wholesomeness, was long thought to have died without any children to pass his legacy onto. In the documentary Little Satchmo, however, viewers are given ample evidence that proves otherwise. In an up-close-and-personal recount of her upbringing as the estranged daughter of Louis Armstrong, Sharon Preston-Folta tells all, reshaping the way we think of the beloved “Satchmo”, the complicated life he lived, and the impact of his actions on his loved ones. 



A Crack In The Mountain Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival Video Q+A

by Al Nigrin
published 2022-09-10

Here is the A Crack In The Mountain Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival Q+A with Director Alaistair Evans and Festival Director Al Nigrin.



The Sun Rises In The East Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival Video Q+A

by Al Nigrin
published 2022-09-07

The Sun Rises In The East Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival Q+A with Director Tayo Giwa and Producer Cynthia Gordy Giwa, Festival Juror Yazmin Omana, and Festival Director Al Nigrin.





A Crack In The Mountain screens at the Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival

by Emily Ranieri
published 2022-09-06

Alastair Evans’ environmental documentary A Crack In The Mountain will be showing at the New Jersey Film Festival on Sunday, September 11th, 2022. Evan’s documentary showcases the indescribable beauty of Hang Son Doong, the biggest cave passage in the world. Located in Vietnam, Son Doong has been undisturbed by tourists for centuries, allowing the sight to hold onto its magic.



The Sun Rises in the East screens at the Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival this Friday

by Ashley Terer
published 2022-09-05

The Sun Rises in the East by Tayo Giwa is a rich and heart-felt film about how the black community in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn, New York) created the most incredible haven for self-expression, education, and additional provision called The East. The story of The East starts with the beginning of integration in Bed-Stuy after Brown v. Board of Education was passed in 1954. Despite the ruling, unfair conditions persisted for black youth and community members recognized a dire need for more enrichment. Jitu Weusi, Al Vann, and other pivotal members of the community proposed having a hub for creativity and education where needs and resources to excel in every aspect of life would be created. This institution would also celebrate the entire African diaspora and different African cultures within the continent. The Sun Rises in the East is a wonderfully enriching experience that truly magnifies what happens when great care is married with fantastic ideas to make a utopia that fostered the prosperity of an entire generation. 



Cockroaches, Hidden Worlds, Dancing to Agatha Christie, and Forgotten Children are among Highlights of New Jersey Film Festival in September

by Gary Wien
published 2022-09-02

​​​​​​​“Seems everywhere I lived, there were always cockroaches and I figured, well, they were actually being wasted,” said Joey Skaggs.



The Sun Rises in The East opens the Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 9

by Yazmin Omana
published 2022-08-31

The Sun Rises in The East, directed by Tayo Giwa, has positioned itself as one of Fall 2022 New Jersey Film Festival’s most anticipated premieres. Recruiting vintage archived photos, historians, credited authors, and schoolchildren of the 70s, The Sun Rises in The East turns out to be an impressively well-rounded, impenetrable fortress of investigation. By streaming together vignettes of accounts, this Brooklyn-born documentary successfully takes audiences through the mythology of The East. A vague name for what represents Brooklyn’s black community’s cultural touchstone of the 1970s. Just like the best mythologies, The East’s origin story is rich in historical significance and revels in transnational vibrancy. Kwasi Konadu, author of A View from The East, dates the beginning of The East with a school named “Uhuru Sasa Shule,” which is Kiswahili for “Freedom Now School.” Uhuru Sasa Shule originated from the collective need to take back control of black people’s education from white teachers’ and administration’s lack of concern towards black school children. Moreover, the opening scene triumphantly blazons The East as “a cultural community of individuals who wanted institutions and businesses run by, founded by black people,” or put more simply, “history in the making...home, and a revolution.” What this documentary highlights is how often the making of a revolution is bred through a systematic pattern of oppression.



“Bendix: Sight Unseen” Documentary Inspires Director, Friendship, and Audiences at New Jersey Film Festival

by Gary Wien, JerseyArts.com
published 2022-08-24

Filmmaker Anthony Scalia grew up not far from the Bendix Diner, but he never knew anybody who had ever gone inside. One night when he was out late and it was the only place open, he decided to venture in. What he found was an amazing story that he details in the short documentary, Bendix: Sight Unseen. The film will be available for virtual screening on October 16 as part of the New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2022.


 

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