Editing Newark, New Jersey (section)

===Film ===
The [[Newark Black Film Festival]] has been held annually since in 1974. The Newark International Film Festival is an annual event that has hosted screenings, workshops and stunt exhibitions in Newark since 2015. They are held under the auspices of the [[North to Shore Festival]].<ref>[http://newarkiff.com/about-us About Us], Newark International Film Festival. Accessed July 26, 2023.{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912024256/http://newarkiff.com/about-us |date=September 12, 2021 }}</ref>

[[File:Newark-film-production.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Film production in Newark in 2004]]
The [[New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission]] is headquartered in the Newark.<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/state/njfilm/dos-njfim-now-filming.html Currently Filming In New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905083411/http://www.nj.gov/state/njfilm/dos-njfim-now-filming.html |date=September 5, 2015 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref> In 2011, the city created the Newark Office of Film and Television in order to promote the making of media productions.<ref>Getto, Erica. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130419064346/http://www.wnyc.org/articles/features/2011/aug/04/newark-office-film-and-television/ "Booker Creates Newark Office of Film and Television"], [[WNYC]], August 4, 2011, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 19, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref><ref>Honan, Edith. [http://www.backstage.com/news/newarks-film-hopes-snag-on-state-budget-fight/ "Newark's Film Hopes Snag on State Budget Fight"], ''[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]]'', March 14, 2011. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref>

There have been several film and TV productions depicting life in Newark. ''Life of Crime'' was originally produced in 1988 and was followed by a 1998 sequel.<ref>Kannapell, Andrea. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/13/nyregion/city-life-giving-away-a-film-s-ending-it-s-not-happy.html "City Life; Giving Away a Film's Ending: It's Not Happy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813194021/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/13/nyregion/city-life-giving-away-a-film-s-ending-it-s-not-happy.html |date=August 13, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 13, 1998. Accessed January 19, 2012. "And the backdrop to these unhappy lives, the Ironbound – a residential and industrial section outlined in Newark's southeast corner by various train lines – emerges as a vicious trap of a neighborhood, a painful counterpoint to downtown Newark's spreading veneer of investment and municipal energy."</ref> ''[[New Jersey Drive]]'' is a 1995 film about the city when it was considered the "[[car theft]] capital of the world".<ref>Quinn, Zachary. [http://www.d.umn.edu/~tisbell/Courses/AnalysisNewJerseyDrive.html "Analysis of ''New Jersey Drive''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220004341/http://www.d.umn.edu/~tisbell/Courses/AnalysisNewJerseyDrive.html |date=February 20, 2012 }}, [[University of Minnesota Duluth]]. Accessed January 19, 2012. "The story takes place in Newark, New Jersey, the car theft capital of the world. And in this urban setting we find the young African American teens involved in stealing cars and dodging police in what can be described as empty lives, no goals, no focus and no direction. The only thing that these young men are interested in is the ride."</ref> ''[[Street Fight (film)|Street Fight]]'' is an [[Academy Award]]-nominated documentary film which covered the 2002 mayoral election between incumbent Sharpe James and challenger Cory Booker. In 2009, the [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]] aired ''[[Brick City (TV series)|Brick City]]'', a five-part television documentary about Newark, focusing on the community's attempt to become a better and safer place to live, against a history of nearly a half century of violence, poverty and official corruption. The second season premiered January 30, 2011.<ref>[http://www.sundancechannel.com/brick-city/about/ About the series ''Brick City''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116111135/http://www.sundancechannel.com/brick-city/about/ |date=January 16, 2012 }} [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]]. Accessed January 19, 2012.</ref> ''[[Revolution '67]]'' is a documentary which examines the causes and events of the 1967 Newark riots. ''The Once and Future Newark'' (2006) is a documentary travelogue about places of cultural, social and historical significance by Rutgers History Professor [[Clement Alexander Price|Clement Price]].<ref>[http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/once-and-future-newark ''The Once and Future Newark''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917110235/https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/once-and-future-newark |date=September 17, 2018 }}, [[Rutgers University]], November 29, 2013. Accessed May 10, 2016.</ref> The [[HBO]] television series ''[[The Sopranos]]'' filmed many of its scenes in Newark.<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-02-16-sopranos_x.htm "'The Sopranos' draws stargazers in Newark"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510070214/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-02-16-sopranos_x.htm |date=May 10, 2017 }}, ''[[USA Today]]'', February 6, 2006. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref> ''[[The Many Saints of Newark]]'' is a ''Sopranos'' prequel by [[David Chase]] set in the late 1960s and early 1970s.<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/03/sopranos_prequel_movie_the_many_saints_of_newark_i.html "''Sopranos'' prequel movie ''The Many Saints of Newark'' in the works"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105634/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/03/sopranos_prequel_movie_the_many_saints_of_newark_i.html |date=August 23, 2018 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], March 8, 2018. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> ''[[Heart of Stone (2009 film)|Heart of Stone]]'' (2009) reflects on white flight in the heavily Jewish [[Weequahic, Newark|Weequahic]] section and [[Weequahic High School]].<ref>Koehler, Robert. [https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/heart-of-stone-1200473004/ "''Heart of Stone''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612214837/https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/heart-of-stone-1200473004/ |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', January 28, 2009. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> ''[[Rob Peace]]'' (2024), a film adaptation of ''[[The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace]]'', was filmed many scenes on location in Newark and East Orange, including at [[St. Benedict's Preparatory School|St. Benedict's Prep]] in Newark's Central Ward.<ref name=nj>{{cite web|last=Kuperinsky|first=Amy|title='The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace' movie filming in Newark with Chiwetel Ejiofor|date=December 27, 2022|website=NJ.com|url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/12/the-short-and-tragic-life-of-robert-peace-movie-filming-in-newark-with-chiwetel-ejiofor.html|accessdate=July 5, 2023|archive-date=January 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106150411/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/12/the-short-and-tragic-life-of-robert-peace-movie-filming-in-newark-with-chiwetel-ejiofor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Numerous movies, television programs, and music videos have been shot in Newark, its period architecture and its streetscape seen as an ideal "urban setting". In 2012 the city hosted the [[America's Got Talent (season 7)|seventh season]] of the reality show competition ''[[America's Got Talent]]''.<ref>McGlone, Peggy. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/americas_got_talent_to_film_at.html "''America's Got Talent'' to film at NJPAC in Newark"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213459/https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/americas_got_talent_to_film_at.html |date=July 31, 2018 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', April 8, 2012. Accessed May 10, 2016.</ref>
Among the films shot in Newark are ''[[Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989 film)|Bloodhounds of Broadway]]'' (1989),<ref name=JerseyDigs>{{cite web|url=https://jerseydigs.com/madonna-bloodhounds-of-broadway-union-city/|title=Union City Building Where Madonna Filmed 'Bloodhounds of Broadway' Hits the Market|author=Fry, Chris|publisher=Jersey Digs|url-status=live|date=October 24, 2023|access-date=October 27, 2023|archive-date=October 27, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231027223927/https://jerseydigs.com/madonna-bloodhounds-of-broadway-union-city/}}</ref> ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' (depicting the abandoned [[movie palace]] known as the [[Newark Paramount Theatre]]),<ref>Klefer, Eric. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/which-scenes-joker-movie-were-shot-newark-videos "Which Scenes From ''Joker'' Movie Were Shot In Newark? (VIDEOS); ''Joker,'' the newest addition to the Batman franchise, has footage shot in Newark, New Jersey. Watch the trailer here."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410194425/https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/which-scenes-joker-movie-were-shot-newark-videos |date=April 10, 2019 }}, Newark Patch, April 3, 2019. Accessed September 24, 2019.</ref> ''[[Cat Person (film)|Cat Person]]'', and the 2022 horror movie, ''[[Smile (2022 film)|Smile]]'', with several locations, including Murphy Varnish Lofts and Rutgers Medical School.<ref name="newjerseystage.com">[https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle2.php?titlelink=bros-the-greatest-beer-run-in-history-and-smile-all-filmed-in-jersey "Bros, The Greatest Beer Run in History, and Smile - All Filmed In Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208133000/https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle2.php?titlelink=bros-the-greatest-beer-run-in-history-and-smile-all-filmed-in-jersey |date=December 8, 2023 }}, New Jersey Stage, September 28, 2022. Accessed December 8, 2023.</ref> The movie ''The Perfect Find'' also had scenes filmed in Newark as did the movie, ''[[The Greatest Beer Run Ever]]''.<ref>Kausch, Katie. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/08/these-15-movies-were-filmed-produced-in-nj-towns-last-year-see-if-yours-made-the-list.html "These 15 movies were filmed, produced in N.J. towns last year. See if yours made the list."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807181207/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/08/these-15-movies-were-filmed-produced-in-nj-towns-last-year-see-if-yours-made-the-list.html |date=August 7, 2022 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[Nj.com]], August 7, 2022. Accessed December 8, 2023. "'‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever'' Filming location(s): Jersey City; Newark; Paterson"</ref> Scenes for the movie ''Bros'' were filmed throughout the city in 2021, including at the Newark Museum, exterior of the which are shown as the LGBT museum.<ref name="newjerseystage.com"/>

==== Studios ====
In 2009, the Ironbound Film & Television Studios, the only "stay and shoot" facility in the metro area opened, its first production being ''[[Bar Karma]]''.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090827112711/http://www.ironboundfilmstudios.com/ Home Page]}}, Ironbound Film and Television Studios. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref>

In 2022, the city announced that a major new film and television production studio overlooking [[Weequahic Park]] and [[Weequahic Golf Course]], to be called [[Lionsgate Newark Studios]], would open in 2024 on the 15-acre former [[Seth Boyden housing projects]] site in the [[Dayton, Newark|Dayton section]] of the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/nyregion/lionsgate-newark-movie-studio.html |title=$100 Million Film Studio to Rise From Rubble of Ex-Public Housing Site – The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 17, 2022 |accessdate=May 26, 2022 |last1=Tully |first1=Tracey |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520170854/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/nyregion/lionsgate-newark-movie-studio.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Jill Goldsmith |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/lionsgate-studios-newark-great-point-robert-halmi-1235025714/ |title=Lionsgate, Robert Halmi's Great Point Building New Studio In Newark NJ – Deadline |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=May 17, 2022 |access-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520170855/https://deadline.com/2022/05/lionsgate-studios-newark-great-point-robert-halmi-1235025714/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/essex/2022/05/hollywood-on-newark-bay-officails-say-lionsgate-film-tv-studio-is-coming-to-brick-city.html |title=Hollywood on Newark Bay? Officials say Lionsgate film & TV studio is coming to Brick City |publisher=nj.com |date=May 17, 2022 |accessdate=May 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520170854/https://www.nj.com/essex/2022/05/hollywood-on-newark-bay-officails-say-lionsgate-film-tv-studio-is-coming-to-brick-city.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Theatres ====
[[File:Waldmann's Theatre Newark NJ.jpg|thumb|right|Newark Theatre was built in 1853 as the first theater at the location of 138 Market Street and Halsey Street. In 1880s, operated as a vaudeville house named Fred Waldmann's Opera House]]
{{main|List of theaters in Newark, New Jersey}}
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Newark had many theaters and movie houses that were vaudeville or burlesque style. As innovation occurred in film, Newark contributed to the development to the American film industry with local inventors' innovation of celluloid and its use as movie film.<ref name="Newark Public Library">{{cite web |title=City Was at the Center of Movie Industry, Grand Entertainment |url=https://knowingnewark.npl.org/city-was-at-the-center-of-movie-industry-grand-entertainment/ |website=Newark Public Library |access-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206115908/https://knowingnewark.npl.org/city-was-at-the-center-of-movie-industry-grand-entertainment/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Newark movie theatres during this early part of the 20th century had established a large audience, with 62 movie houses in the city by 1922.<ref name="Newark Public Library"/>
[[File:Auction of Souls (1919) - Hill Theatre, Newark NJ.JPG|thumb|left|Hill Theatre was located at 100 Springfield Avenue from 1917 to about 1930 as a vaudeville and movie theater. George Burns and Gracie Allen had their first performance here]]
Later, many of these locations were used for live performances of notable actors prior to becoming renowned. The introduction of television for entertainment during the 1940s and 1950s was the start of a decades-long decline in attendance in movie theaters. The last two downtown movie theatres were the Adams and the [[Newark Paramount Theatre]], which both closed in 1986.<ref>[https://afterthefinalcurtain.net/2011/09/28/the-newark-paramount-theatre/ "The Newark Paramount Theatre"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026213348/https://afterthefinalcurtain.net/2011/09/28/the-newark-paramount-theatre/ |date=October 26, 2023 }}, After the Final Curtain, September 28, 2011. Accessed February 6, 2024. "The Paramount Theatre opened on October 11, 1886 as H.C. Miner’s Newark Theatre. It was originally a vaudeville house managed by Hyde & Behman Amusement Co., a Brooklyn based theater Management Company.... The Paramount Theatre closed on March 31, 1986 due to an increase in insurance rates. This increase also led to the closing of the nearby Adams Theatre."</ref> Attempts for movie theatre revivals were established in the 1990s. As of 2024, the CityPlex 12 Newark movie theatre, located off Springfield Avenue and Bergen Street, is the only theater in operation in the city. The [[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]], located at 1 Center Street, is currently operating as theatre production and concerts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mission & History |url=https://www.njpac.org/about/mission-and-history/ |website=www.njpac.org |publisher=NJPAC |access-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206115908/https://www.njpac.org/about/mission-and-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2,800-seat [[Newark Symphony Hall]] located at 1020 Broad Street has been in operations since 1925.<ref>[https://newarksymphonyhall.org/about/ About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206124342/https://newarksymphonyhall.org/about/ |date=February 6, 2024 }}, [[Newark Symphony Hall]]. Accessed February 6, 2024. "Born as the Salaam Temple in 1925, Newark Symphony Hall has been the home of almost a century of arts and culture in what is now New Jersey’s oldest and largest arts and entertainment venue."</ref>