Rust (2021)
RUST is the third documentary in Newark filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno's 3Rs Trilogy on Urban America. Following the success of critically-acclaimed, award-winning national PBS broadcast REVOLUTION '67 (2007) on riots/rebellions of the 1960's and THE RULE (2014) on urban school reform, RUST uses Newark, New Jersey as a microcosm to take a deeper look into Rust Belt poverty, racism and mass incarceration while detailing industrialization and deindustrialization.
Director: Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno
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Isabel V. Sawhill as Self |
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Renée Boynton-Jarret as Self |
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Khalil Gibran Muhammad as Self |
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Lawrence Hamm as Self |
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Ryan P. Haygood as Self |
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Daina Ramey Berry as Self |
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Talitha LeFlouria as Self |
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Jim McGreevey as Self |
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Christopher Bonilla as Self |
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Demelza Baer as Self |
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Beryl Satter as Self |
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Barry Bluestone as Self |
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Jeran Crawford as Self |
| Directing | Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno | Director |
| Editing | Jerome Bongiorno | Editor |
| Production | Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno | Producer |
| Crew | Jerome Bongiorno | Cinematography |
| Writing | Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno | Writer |