From Newark, With Love (and passion and grit and soul...)

We are proud to launch our beta in Newark, New Jersey. DreamPlay TV celebrates the diversity and spirit of under-represented subjects, aka real people, and the locally-inspired storytellers and filmmakers. This city - the people, places, traditions, and innovations - inspires us every day. Newark is a place of unsurpassed resiliency and cultural heritage. Its people are talented, dynamic, and captivating. And the city is in the midst of a generational transformation ripe for the arts and for powerful, inclusive storytelling.

Newark defines boldness. Newark is and always has been one of the great American cities, whether the rest of the world realizes it or not. We aim to honor its legacy as we feature timeless stories and films of today. And our goal is to elevate the storytelling beyond local interest to global awe.

Newark is a pioneer. This city is home to an astounding number of world-changing inventions, none more appropriate to our purpose than the invention of powered electricity and film celluloid (the latter by Rev. Hannibal Goodwin, mere yards away from our office!). We submit that DreamPlay TV is a new kind of network, with the potential to support and help grow various local economic ecosystems.