Express Newark's Community Media Center, in partnership with The Newark Museum of Art and the City of Newark, presents: Why Is We Americans?(2020). Directed by Udi Aloni and Ayana Stafford-Morris. (102 min). Not rated. Join us for a special screening and panel discussion. Why Is We Americans? is an in-depth, cinematic exploration of Newark’s legendary Baraka family. As we connect with the iconoclastic poet Amiri Baraka, his wife, Amina, and their son, Ras, a portrait of a city emerges with an inspiring call to arms in the fight for class and racial justice. Introduction by Junius Williams, city historian Featured panelists: Udi Aloni, filmmaker Ayana Stafford-Morris, filmmaker Amina Baraka, poet and activist Moderator: Dr. Lacey P. Hunter, Instructor at Rutgers University, Newark, African American and African Studies Department