The Agenda for Education in a Democracy presents

                                  "Revolution '67"
                        Friday, November 11th, 5 - 8pm
                            Room 1070, University Hall 
                              Montclair State University

A Film Screening & Panel Discussion Open to the Entire Campus, MSUNER colleagues, and Community

Film Synopsis:  

Revolution ’67 is an illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history—the black urban rebellions of the 1960s. Focusing on the six-day Newark, N.J., outbreak on July 12, 1967, the film reveals how the disturbance began as spontaneous revolts against poverty and police brutality and ended as fateful milestones in America’s struggles over race and economic justice. Voices from across the spectrum—activist Tom Hayden journalist Bob Herbert, former Mayor Sharpe James and other officials, National Guardsmen and Newark citizens—recall lessons as hard-learned then as they have been easy to neglect since.

When black Newark, N.J., taxi driver John Smith was stopped for a traffic violation on July 12, 1967, the false rumor that he had been beaten to death by police spread through Newark’s impoverished neighborhoods. After six days of riots, 26 people died, 725 people were injured, and close to 1,500 people had been arrested.

Revolution ’67, directed by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, makes use of archival news footage, punctuated by editor Jerome Bongiorno’s bold animation, to illustrate the film’s events and statistics. A musical score comprised of more than 60 contemporary jazz pieces by international artists sets the mood for Newark in the late ‘60s.

Revolution ’67 documents the social forces at work: poverty, racial injustice, a city government and police force that didn’t sufficiently analyze the demographic change that had made Newark a black city, and the suburban and rural State Police and National Guardsmen sent into a conflict for which they were ill-prepared.

Please note that the showing of this film does not constitute an endorsement of any idea or person in/or associated with the film by the Agenda for Education in a Democracy or any other part of the university. This film is being shown solely to provide information to the greater MSU community in a safe and comfortable setting. A panel representing a cross section of the community will lead a discussion following the conclusion of the film.

**No registration is required. There is no charge for the film screening and panel discussion.

Parking Information: For Clinical Faculty with current parking hangtags, free parking is available in the general lots. Parking is also available in the Red Hawk deck at an hourly rate and in the NJ Transit Deck for $3.00 per day (shuttle service to University Hall is available). For more information on parking fees please visit: http://www.montclair.edu/facilities/fs/taps/facilities.html#RHD