Clement A. Price: Featured in new documentary about Newark
Cherry blossoms blooming in springtime. Stately houses of worship and historic structures rising above a city skyline. Baseball, art and foods from around the world. Sounds like Washington? Think again –this is Newark, a city that many people know of – but few people actually know.
A new film about Newark, to be broadcast in October, will change that. “The Once and Future Newark,” a documentary hosted by famed historian Clement A. Price, will premiere on NJN Public Television in New Jersey on Oct. 4, at 6:30 p.m., and will be rebroadcast on Oct. 5 at 9 p.m. The film, which was produced by Rutgers University, Newark in association with Blackbird Media Group, also will be previewed at Rutgers- Newark on Sat. Oct. 1, and on Wed., Oct. 4, featuring a Q & A with Dr. Price (See biography on page 3).
The program follows Price as the Newark resident tours the city with colleagues, visiting 18 historical, cultural, and in some cases, uniquely Newark sites. These include Branch Brook Park, the Ironbound, Weequahic High School,
the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Essex County Courthouse, and the Newark campus of Rutgers, where Price is Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor specializing in urban history, African-American history and New Jersey and Newark history. The film also incorporates a treasure trove of historical images.
Price has led tours of Newark for decades, inspiring students, educators and many others to be fascinated by Newark’s past and the promises of its future. Many who tour the city with Price have gone on to develop a personal connection and active interest in Newark.
"The growing interest in the new Newark that is taking shape has truly heartened my role as a New Jersey and public historian, “ Professor Price noted. “The film enables me to reach thousands of people who live, work and study in Newark, those who left the city years ago and, to be sure, those who deserve an opportunity to better understand New Jersey's largest and most important regional center."...
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A new film about Newark, to be broadcast in October, will change that. “The Once and Future Newark,” a documentary hosted by famed historian Clement A. Price, will premiere on NJN Public Television in New Jersey on Oct. 4, at 6:30 p.m., and will be rebroadcast on Oct. 5 at 9 p.m. The film, which was produced by Rutgers University, Newark in association with Blackbird Media Group, also will be previewed at Rutgers- Newark on Sat. Oct. 1, and on Wed., Oct. 4, featuring a Q & A with Dr. Price (See biography on page 3).
The program follows Price as the Newark resident tours the city with colleagues, visiting 18 historical, cultural, and in some cases, uniquely Newark sites. These include Branch Brook Park, the Ironbound, Weequahic High School,
the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Essex County Courthouse, and the Newark campus of Rutgers, where Price is Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor specializing in urban history, African-American history and New Jersey and Newark history. The film also incorporates a treasure trove of historical images.
Price has led tours of Newark for decades, inspiring students, educators and many others to be fascinated by Newark’s past and the promises of its future. Many who tour the city with Price have gone on to develop a personal connection and active interest in Newark.
"The growing interest in the new Newark that is taking shape has truly heartened my role as a New Jersey and public historian, “ Professor Price noted. “The film enables me to reach thousands of people who live, work and study in Newark, those who left the city years ago and, to be sure, those who deserve an opportunity to better understand New Jersey's largest and most important regional center."...