Filmmaker Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno and experts talk about Newark's continued struggle in this film update.
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Forty years later, after numerous Newark officials have been indicted and/or imprisoned, and the vital signs of the city are still poor, we recognize that Newark has not learned from its past. The greatest lesson of the 1960s is that the people must empower themselves in order for that change to occur.”
— Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, Filmmaker
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Film Update
July 10, 2007
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Street Fight | Newark: A Brief History
From Puritan stronghold to industrial mecca to "Renaissance City," Newark, New Jersey, one of the poorest cities in America, has undergone a series of radical transformations.
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As the film unfolds, a picture is sketched of factors that practically made the riots inevitable.”
— Claudia Perry
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