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Newark Black Film Festival: Power of the Dream
June 19 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
A screening of Power of the Dream, featuring the short film A Race in the Sun
Power of the Dream
Directed by Dawn Porter (94 min). Not rated
The empowering and unlikely true story of how a group of professional women’s basketball players took on a WNBA team owner and rallied behind now — Senator Raphael Warnock, forever changing the landscape of their sport and the course of U.S. politics.
A Race in the Sun
Directed by K. Nicole Mills (20 min). Not rated
An exploration of cycling culture through the eyes of Ayesha McGowan, the world’s first African American woman to become a professional cyclist.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director, Dawn Porter