# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lights, Camera, Connect! Newark Film & Television Professionals Launch
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Connect with fellow entertainment professionals, build relationships, exchange ideas and create opportunities.About this EventThe right connection can change everything.New Jersey’s film and television industry is growing. Studios are being built. Productions are coming. Opportunities are expanding.Now is the time to build your network within it.Join Newark Film & Television Professionals for Lights, Camera, Connect! bringing together filmmakers, producers, actors, crew, creatives, industry professionals and businesses from across New Jersey and beyond.This isn’t just another networking event. It’s an opportunity to get in the room with people who are working, creating and building within the industry and start relationships that could lead to your next collaboration, referral, client or opportunity.Special Industry GuestsShumerria Harris — Actress, Director, Writer & Producer Credits include Shades of Blue, Show Me a Hero, The Breaks and Law & Order.Lamont Fountain — Producer & Filmmaker Producer of the Paramount+ docuseries 72 Seconds in Rittenhouse Square.Marco Hall — Celebrity Fashion Designer Acclaimed designer whose work has been worn by Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Whoopi Goldberg and more.Bobby Yan — Award-Winning Filmmaker & Director Eight-time Emmy Award recipient whose directing credits span Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, BET+, Lifetime and TV One.Unlimited Studios — Full-Service Production Studio & Production CompanyMadison Santos and Coleman Wilson will join us from Unlimited Studios, Long Branch's first major film and television production facility.Lisa Durden, p.g.a. — Award-Winning Filmmaker & Producer work includes producing ABC 20/20’s Diary of a KillerDarik Bernard — Actor, Producer and Entrepreneur acting credits include Power, For Life, Abbott Elementary, Blue Bloods, and Law & Order: SVUWe didn't invite accomplished industry professionals so you could sit in an audience and watch them. We invited them so you could meet them.At Lights, Camera, Connect!, there are no panels separating you from the people you came to connect with. Our Special Guests will be in the room—networking alongside you.Because the right connection can change everything.Don’t wait until New Jersey’s film industry is fully built to build your network. Be part of it now.Get your ticket and be in the room.Light refreshments provided.Additional industry guests may be announced. Guest participation is subject to change.Presented by Predestined MediaSponsored by Mason Firmhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/X0FLQDK-iu8
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/newark/lights-camera-connect-newark-film-and-television-professionals-launch/100001998396224904
- **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, Entertainment, Theatre, Business, Fashion, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - door_time: 2026-09-03T20:30:00Z
  - Duration: 2 hours
  - Location: The Pillars
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 25, max: 25, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Newark
- **state**: NJ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Pillars
- **lat**: 40.7436118
- **long**: -74.1714289
- **full address**: The Pillars, 33 Washington Street, Newark, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Lights, Camera, Connect! Newark Film & Television Professionals Launch being held?
  - **A:** Lights, Camera, Connect! Newark Film & Television Professionals Launch takes place on Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Thu, 03 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm at The Pillars, 33 Washington Street, Newark, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Lights, Camera, Connect! Newark Film & Television Professionals Launch?
  - **A:** Lights, Camera, Connect! Newark Film & Television Professionals Launch is organized by Eldonie S. Mason, CEO Predestined Media, LLC.

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