Premier of Amiri Baraka’s long-lost documentary film, “The New-Ark”

Please join us for the Newark premier of Amiri Baraka’s

long-lost documentary film recently rediscovered in the Harvard Film Archives. Written

and directed by Baraka (as LeRoi Jones), The New-Ark documents the

political and cultural ferment centered at the Spirit House community center in

1968. The long-lost film covers political organizing, urban public theater, and

black education at a crucial moment in Newark’s and the nation’s history.

The 25-minute film will be followed by a commentary and

discussion.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC