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Black Maria Film Festival
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by Candace Nicholson
Hollywood may still be the epi-
center of the American film indus-
try, but most cinephiles know that
the birth of American film began
right here in the state of New Jer-
sey. In 1892, when W.K.L. Dickson
and Thomas Edison collaborated
to invent the motion picture cam-
era, little did they know it would
change the world of art and en-
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tertainment forever. A year later,
Edison began showcasing the first
of his 75 short films created at his
revolutionary -- literally -- studio
in West Orange known as Black
Maria. Now that legacy is honored
every year by the Hudson County
Office of Cultural and Heritage Af-
fairs and Tourism with the Thomas
Edison Black Maria Film Festival.
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