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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
Documentary

Riding the Blue Comet

A documentary about New Jersey's famed Blue Comet tells the story of "the Seashore's Finest Train." more

Board Meeting

A new documentary film about New Jersey surfers making it on the professional scene is set for release. more

A Lesson For Our Time

The Bordentown School, a rare symbol of hope for young black citizens in the years immediately following the abolition of slavery, is the subject of a new documentary film. more

Brick City Nitty Gritty

When Maplewood director/producer Marc Levin got word that his friend Forest Whitaker was interested in coproducing the documentary Brick City, which begins airing September 21 on the Sundance Channel, he had one question: Why would the Oscar-winning Whitaker, a native of South Central Los Angeles, want to do a film about Newark? more

Shaking Up Weequahic

Half a century ago, Newark’s Weequahic High School was an academically distinguished, mostly Jewish enclave that graduated the novelist Philip Roth and a steady stream of future PhDs. Starting in the 1960s, however, the city’s race riots, white flight, and the rise of drug-dealing gangs transformed the school into just another urban battleground with low morale and a high dropout rate. more

North/South Skirmishes

A film tries to draw the line between North and South Jersey. more