This is an offsite event at Newark Symphony Hall at 1020 Broad St, Newark, NJ 07102
Throwback screening of School Daze (R)
121 mins.
Directed by Spike Lee.
Moderated by Imani Lee-Hector & Millicent Matthews
- 6PM Newark Symphony Hall’s The Refill (filmmaker mixer)
- 7PM Screening of School Daze
- 9PM Newark Symphony Hall’s The Refill (Last call)
At historically black Mission College, the activist-minded Dap (Larry Fishburne) immerses himself in a world of political rhetoric and social movements — one day he hopes to rally the students as a united front. At the other end of the spectrum, Julian (Giancarlo Esposito), the head of the biggest fraternity on campus, is more concerned with maintaining a strict social order. In between, Dap’s conflicted cousin, Half-Pint (Spike Lee), spends most of his time rushing the fraternity.
The Refill is a curated monthly after-work experience inspired by the spirit of bohemian salons and reimagined for today’s Newark. Set within the historic spaces of Newark Symphony Hall, it brings together artists, entrepreneurs, educators, and cultural leaders for an evening of creativity, conversation, and connection.
This film is presented in partnership with Newark Symphony Hall. Since its founding in 1974, the Newark Black Film Festival has maintained a close relationship with Newark Symphony Hall, one of the city’s anchor cultural institutions. In the festival’s early years, Newark Symphony Hall served alongside the New Jersey Institute of Technology as one of its screening venues, helping bring films that had often only played in arthouse cinemas directly to Newark audiences. That early collaboration reflected a shared mission between the two organizations to make Black cinema and culture accessible to the community, a partnership that continues this year!
Free!
Free!