Arts Guides Fall 2019 Preview: North Jersey | Page 13

Currently in its 38th year, the
Thomas Edison Black Maria Film
Festival will bring its interna-
tional juried competition for film
shorts to film buffs, young and
old, inside the Hoboken Historical
Museum on Thursday evenings
throughout the fall season. Cel-
ebrating the diversity of short film,
the festival invites participants
from across the country and the
globe to explore the power of
short film and break new ground
with stories that create a lasting
impact.
Staying true to its vision, the fes-
tival welcomes filmmakers from
communities who are often un-
derserved and under-represented
in cinema, in front of the camera
as well as behind it. For the fall,
Black Maria Film Festival Execu-
tive Director Jane Steuerwald has
focused the festival series into a
curated program designed to lead
a discussion with the audience
and engage in the topics the films
bring to life. In the past, the film-
makers have tackled everything
from climate change to immigra-
Watch a short video about Thomas Edison’s Black Maria Studio
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