”How a monument could be a living space connecting the stories of the past to the stories of today. This commision has meant alot to me, as an artist, as a architect, as a women, and as a mother of black girls.

Nina Cooke JohnArtist / Architect - "Shadow of a Face"

Video Stills

Harriet Tubman Monument ribbon cutting
Drummer at the monument unveiling event
The newly renamed Harriet Tubman Square Station sign
Harriet Tubman Sculpture
Harriet Tubman portrait wall
Harriet Tubman Monument - Heritage Wall sign
Night time Heritage wall at Harriet Tubman Monument
Speaker at the monument tile wall
Fabricator of sculpture sanding metal
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Nina Cooke John interview at Newark Museum
Adebunmi placing tile on Harriet Tubman monument
young girl at harriet tubaman school
Mayor Baraka Interview at Newark Museum
Cory Booker virtual message at Harriet Tubman unveiling.

Aerial Stills

Aerial view of the Harriet Tubman Monument in Downtown Newark
Top-Down View of the Harriet Tubman Monument
Harriet Tubman Monument in Newark - Aerial Still

Photography – Unveiling

Queen Latifah, Mayor Ras Baraka, Nina Cooke John, and Don Katz Ribbon cutting the Harriet Tubman Monument
Harriet Tubman Monument Ribbon Cutting
Queen Latifah being interviewed by press
Mayor Ras Baraka speaking with press at the Harriet Tubman monument
Nina Cooke John, Don Katz, Aisha Glover, at Harriet Tubman Monument
adebunmi gbadebo at harriet tubman monument unveiling
drummer making way toward monument unveiling
Boy drummer at the Harriet Tubman Monument Unveiling
Podium at the Harriet Tubman Monument Unveiling
Marcy DePina speaking about Harriet Tubman Square
audience at the Harriet Tubman Monument unveiling
Nina Cooke John gets a standing ovation presenting the monument to the public.
Mayor speaking at the Harriet Tubman press confrence.
Feyemi Shakur at the harriet tubman monument press conference.
Don Katz speech for the press at the unveiling of the monument
The public watching the Making Of video of the monument

Photography by Cesar Melgar, DreamPlay Media

Photography

Harriet Tubman Monument at dusk.
Harriet Tubman Monument Learning Wall
Harriet Tubman Monument at Night
Man Welding together two pieces of metal for the learning wall.
618 Design studio where the panels for the learning wall are built.
Harriet Tubman Monument centerpiece arrives at the park.
ADEBUNMI GBADEBO placing a tile on the wall
Installation of the Harriet Tubman face relief sculpture

Photography by Cesar Melgar, DreamPlay Media

Statue of Harriet Tubman
Sign of the heritage wall at the Harriet Tubman Monument
Joshua Knoblick applying finishing touches to portrait of Harriet Tubman

Making Of Teasers – Video Compilation

Aerial Video

Timelapse Video

Stakeholder Interviews (short)

Stakeholder Interviews (short)

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