There’s a new film festival in town.

Actually it’s a 40-year-old festival with a new name. The Black Maria Film Festival is now the Thomas Edison Film Festival and, as it has for many years, is being screened locally at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, located at 120 Long Beach Blvd. in Loveladies. There will be two shows, one on Thursday, July 22 and the other the following evening, with both running from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased online at lbifoundation.org.

All of the films in the Thomas Edison Film Festival 2021 season can also be accessed – for free – online at…