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Karen Rouse
Jul 22, 2020
The African American owners of New Jersey’s latest pop-up, drive-in theater are giving Ferris Bueller the day off.
With their launch of Newark Moonlight Cinema this Friday, Newark-based filmmaker Ayana Stafford-Morris and her husband, real estate developer, Siree Morris, ditched the '80s cult classic that stars Matthew Broderick—and instead will show Girls Trip, Creed II, and the 2007 remake of Hairspray — movies whose characters reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the region’s audiences.
“We want to be able to change the narrative,” said Stafford-Morris, 34. “When we say cult classic, it shouldn't just be assumed that it’s a white film.”
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