Twilight folds over houses on our street;its hazy gold is gilding our front lawns,delineating asphalt and concretedriveways with shadows. Evening is coming on,quietly, like a second drink, the.
“El Supermalo is The Super Bad One an individual who is hidden within society sending out a message.” says Cuban street artist Fabian Hernandez. He is featured in Supermalo, a film by Matthew Seger, which will be shown at the 2021 New Jersey International Film Festival on Saturday, June 12.
Documentary on acclaimed painter Chuck Connelly screens at the 2021 New Jersey International Film Festival
Into the Lightis the sort of documentary that exists to change the life of both the film’s subject and its viewers. Filmmaker and director Benjamin Schwartz did us the great service of not only coaxing artist Chuck Connelly back into his rightful place in the sun, but of sharing Connelly’s art through art of his own. The film will be available for streaming worldwide on Saturday, June 12 at the 2021 New Jersey International Film Festival.
Chuck Connelly is a genius whose works have long gone underappreciated and unseen by the public eye. After a 2008 documentary changed Connelly’s life and career for the worst, Schwartz set out on the task of providing him with a fresh start and a chance to depict his growth as an artist and human being. Throughout the entire film, the two are very candid about how Connelly overcame addiction and devoted his life to his work, but
NJ Film Festival lineup includes
Some of the films having their area debuts, as described by festival organizers, are:
Amy Lee Ketchum’s animated film First Light
Taylor Olson’s environmental feature film from Nova Scotia Bone Cage an examination of the parallels between the ideals of masculinity that children are taught who become men, and how this goes hand in hand with the destruction of our earth
Marquise Mays’s documentary The Heartland, which focuses on the joys and trials of growing up Black in the Midwest
Matteo Moretti’s short documentary Just Being Here, about a man who finds solace and wonder in the nature of his backyard and comfort in the company of special friends