Welcome to Newark Moonlight
Cinema.
First and foremost, it's a vibe.
When you come down here, you
smell the popcorn popping, you
smell the food cooking on the
grill, you hear the music
playing, it's a cookout. It's a
big family cookout with a big TV
screen for you to watch a movie
on.
The lot holds about 375 cars,
the response has been
tremendous. We're selling out
most nights. People are coming
down enjoying the experience
telling us how much they love
it, how much they are proud of
us. So we're happy to be able to
create a safe environment during
a pandemic and create some good
fun for people. Our business is
totally cashless and we try to
minimize as much person to
person contact as possible. So
first the tickets must be
purchased online and you're
newarkmoonlight.com. When you
come our ticket scanners there
greet you, you must be wearing a
mask when you communicate with
any of our staff. When you're
outside of the vehicle, it is a
requirement to wear masks, we
are enforcing that as well. Our
concession is also cashless, you
must order food through the fast
food app when your food is ready
it sends you a text message so
that you can come up and pick up
your order. That way we
eliminate the long lines here,
and we have our sneeze guards,
our Plexiglas to protect our
workers and the customers who
come down to enjoy the
experience. I'm a black
filmmaker. And when I started
this venture, you know based off
the racial tensions and the way
things are bubbling in the
country at the time, I wanted to
create an outlet for black
people to see themselves in a
positive way. So the films are
carefully selected. They're cult
classics. They're cult classics
that represents my demographic
that represents my culture and
represents the community that I
serve.
People are telling us how
they're so happy to be able to
come down and enjoy a driving
experience. A lot of times this
is their first time, you know,
drive-ins, we're on a decline in
a country and COVID, allowed it
to resurge bring back an old
time classic. So we're providing
a classic experience for a whole
new generation to come and be a
part of.
