Community Projects
Scribe has many great projects for communities to participate in, including:
eSights, eSounds
eSights, eSounds is New Media initiative that is part of Scribe's 25th anniversary celebration. Scribe will commission three projects that comment on social, political and cultural issues affecting the Philadelphia region. We invite individual artists and members of community group to submit proposals for projects that use New Media forms - which include cell phone cameras, interactive websites, video games, blogs, wikis - as creative tool for storytelling. Application deadline is May 19, 2008. Please contact us at inquiry@scribe.org for more information and join us for a special screening and informational session on Friday, April 18. Planning and outreach for eSights, eSounds is coordinated by Termite TV Collective. eSights,eSounds is supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation.
Community Visions
Community Visions is a free ten-month video production program for members of community groups. In this program, participants learn to produce short documentaries about issues of importance to their constituencies.
Documentary History Project for Youth
The Documentary History Project for Youth is a program in which middle and high school students work with experienced filmmakers and historians after school and during the summer to research, plan, and produce documentaries about issues of local historical significance. Each year the documentaries focus on different topic exploring the social, environmental, cultural, and/or political history of the region.
Precious Places Community History Project
The Precious Places Community History Project is a three year program that has teamed 40 neighborhood groups with experienced filmmakers and humanities consultants to make oral history-based documentaries that explore the political and cultural history of public spaces in their neighborhoods.
WPEB 88.1 FM
In early 2008, Philadelphia will see the rebirth of WPEB 88.1 FM, a community radio station serving West Philadelphia. In its first stage, the new WPEB is being stewarded by Scribe Video Center. Partnering with Scribe are two West Philadelphia-based organizations: the Philadelphia Independent Media Center (Philly IMC) and the Prometheus Radio Project and a growing variety of community and cultural groups. WPEB will provide a much needed local, progressive, and accountable media outlet to serve as a voice for West Philadelphia’s many communities. The station plans to provide a forum for community based organizations and be a place to discuss the issues that affect us, play music not heard on mainstream media and promote education and creative substantive expression.