Newark's own Celeste Bateman produced a new Documentary titled, "Gone Too Soon: The Life, Legacy and Loss of Newark's Cultural Icons. The Premiere took place at the Newark Public Library. This is part (1) of an ongoing segment about this tribute some of Newark, NJ's finest and unique Icons whose Legacy continues to live.
Newark's own Celeste Bateman produced a new Documentary titled, "Gone Too Soon: The Life, Legacy and Loss of Newark's Cultural Icons. The Premiere took place at the Newark Public Library. This is part (1) of an ongoing segment about this tribute some of Newark, NJ's finest and unique Icons whose Legacy continues to live.
Gone Too Soon: The Life, Legacy and Loss of Newark’s Cultural Icons is a documentary project that examines the lives and documents the artistic, cultural and educational contributions of several of Newark’s cultural icons, among them: Cephas Bowles WBGO Jazz-88 CEO. Poet/Playwright/Activist Amiri Baraka, Poets Breya “Blkbrry Mollassez” Knight and Halim Suliman; Actor/Director/Arts Administrator Rodney Gilbert, Historians Dr. Clement Alexander Price, Charles Cummings and Dr. Robert Curvin, Artists Russell Murray and Jerry Gant and theater producer Kabu Okai-Davies.
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