Newark LGBTQ Film Festival 2023 in Newark NJ

The Inspection + Panel Discussion

Following the reception will be the screening of our opening night feature, The Inspection. Afterwards, LGBTQ veterans will share the stage for a post-film discussion on LGBTQ equity in the military. Separate tickets are available for this event!  Friday, April 14 - 7:15 pm

Additional film screenings, community activations and workshops will take place throughout Saturday and Sunday, April 15 & 16, taking place in multiple Newark venues. 

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 15

Saturday Afternoon, Essex County College, 303 University Avenue, Newark

 

Sat 4/15 @ 12:00 - Essex County College / theater #1

Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project + panel discussion

 

Sat 4/15 @ 1:30 - Essex County College / theater #2

Black As U R

 

Sat 4/15 @ 2:00 - Essex County College / theater #1

Rule of 3rds plays w/Jillian’s Peak

 

Sat 4/15 @ 3:45 - Essex County College / theater #2

Panel: Breaking into Filmmaking for Dummies

 

Saturday Evening

NJ PAC Black Box, New Jersey Performing Arts Center

1 Center Street, Newark

 

Sat 4/15 @ 6:00 - NJ PAC Black Box

Date Night (shorts program)

Lovie Dovie

To All That We Are

Work

Door Three

eXcape

Marimacha

The Birth of a Beautiful Butch

A Tomboi Love Story

 

Sat 4/15 @ 8:00 - NJ PAC Black Box

Nana’s Boys 

plays w/unapologetic me: BLACK | GAY | MAN

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 16

Rutgers Paul Robeson Center, 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Newark 

 

Sun 4/16 @ noon - Rutgers Paul Robeson Center / theater #1

Jewelle: A Just Vision

plays w/Queer Health: Advancing LGBTQ Health Equity

 

Sun 4/16 @ 12:15- Rutgers Paul Robeson Center / theater #2

Safe Space (shorts program)

Lavender

Oral History

Grounders

No Siren Left Behind

  

Sun 4/16 @ 1:45 - Rutgers Paul Robeson Center / theater #1

All In Family (shorts program)

The Butch and the Baby Daddy

How To Raise A Black Boy

Wonders

Wonder

TRANSworld Atlanta

 

Sun 4/16 @ 2:15 - Rutgers Paul Robeson Center / theater #2

BIPOC/LGBTQ Casting Workshop For Actors

 

Closing Film!

Sun 4/16 @ 4:15 - Rutgers Paul Robeson Center / theater #1

Mama Gloria

plays w/How Not To Date While Trans

 

Locations:

Essex County College

303 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102

 

NJ PAC Black Box Theatre

New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center Street, Newark, NJ 07102

 

The Newark Museum of Art

49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102

 

Rutgers Paul Robeson Center

350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102

 

For more information on the Newark LGBTQ Film Festival, visit: newarklgbtqcenter.org/festival-schedule