Schedule
2025
Day 0: THUR. 16 Oct
Plainfield Performing Arts Center
Day 1: FRI. 17 Oct
Ducret School of Art
Day 2: SAT. 18 Oct
Cinemark Theater
Day 3: SUN. 19 Oct
Plainfield High School
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Tamara Payne Speaks
The Dead Are Rising: Life of Malcolm X
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Tamara Payne talks up her book about Malcolm X and the impact of his life since his death.
5:00 - 10:30 PM
Opening Night Gala
​5:00 - 6:00 PM
All Access Reception powered by Den of Thieves
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​6:00 - 6:30 PM
Founders Greeting + Update
Honoree Presentation
Vanguard Award ​
Festival Ambassador #1
Festival Ambassador #2
Achievement Award
11:00 AM ​
Shorts Block 1 ​
This Time Its Personal
The Room
I’m Not Doing Enough
Baldy The Film
1:30 PM ​
Matinee Feature
Behind the Joy
11:00 AM ​
Shorts Block 6​
The Man Who Killed Jim Crow -
Seventy Five Cents
The Question
Nina Linda
Our Keys
12:30 PM
Panel 2
Power of 2 - Film Industry Power
couples share their secrets to success in love and business
2:30 PM ​
Matinee Documentary​
Men of Courage
3:00 PM ​
Wrong Side Of The Trax Block
U Gotta Respect the Legends
Under The Same Name
​6:30 - 7:00 PM
Opening Night Shorts Block
Waves
Islands
Ancestral Call
Opening Night Feature
Birthright Afrika
8:00 PM
Opening Night Celebration
4:15 PM ​
Shorts Block 3 ​
Wi Cyah Stay
Don't Forget to Pray
A Mother Lost
Spillover
1:00 PM
SCREENTALK NJ LIVE
TBA - JS
4:00 PM ​
Shorts Block 6​
Rooting For you Bro
Judy’s
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5:15 PM ​
Shorts Block 4 ​
You were Dead Yesterday
Love & Hatred in Megawave City
Betty
Take it to the Grave
5:15 PM ​
Awards Ceremony
Best of Fest
6:30 PM ​
Shorts Block 5 ​
Jules
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Laundry
6:00 PM ​
Closing Feature
The Price of Silence
8:00 PM ​
Closing Feature
Perdido