abuse
Putting The Eye Of Record On It
Posted July 19th, 2007 by AnonymousProducer of the Work / Filmmaker:
Produced by Stepahnie Howland
Year released:
1993
Length:
10 minutes
Price:
$20 for individuals / $35 for Community Institutions ie: libraries, schools, non-profits / $50 for Universities & Businesses
A lucid, healing document emerges from the videomaker's deconstruction of her memories of abuse. The experimental narrative meditates and functions upon the premise that traumatic memories are encoded as an illogical melange of pictures, feelings and fears.
Filmmaker's Name:
Stephanie Howland
Filmmaker's Bio:
Stephanie Howland is a writer and mother who lives in Philadelphia.
Public Screenings, Broadcasts and Festivals:
Spring 1993 - 1993 Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, International House (Philadelphia, PA)
Lonely Struggles
Posted July 19th, 2007 by Anonymous in
Producer of the Work / Filmmaker:
H.E.R.O. (Helping Energize & Rebuild Ourselves) & Scribe Video Center,
Filmmaker Facilitator:
Miyoshi Smith & Ryan Saunders with David Sarasti
Year released:
1999
Length:
18 minutes
Price:
$20 for individuals / $35 for Community Institutions ie: libraries, schools, non-profits / $50 for Universities & Businesses
Two women, Paulette and Karen, talk about their lives, and how they and their children have been affected by public policy. The women are former welfare recipients, are of similar age and have had similar backgrounds, but they left the public assistance rolls in very different ways. The documentary was produced in collaboration with members of H.E.R.O. (Helping Energize and Rebuild Ourselves) Inc., which was established in 1994 out of a concern for the plight of poor single mothers and their children. H.E.R.O.
Filmmaker's Name:
H.E.R.O. (Helping to Energize and Rebuild Ourselves)
Filmmaker's Bio:
H.E.R.O. (Helping to Energize and Rebuild Ourselves) was organized to assist women, primarily single African-American mothers and their children, to become self-sufficient. H.E.R.O. works with residents in the Tioga-Nicetown section of Philadelphia, and sponsors a teen leadership group, coordinates community meetings, and is establishing an education and training center in North Philadelphia.
Public Screenings, Broadcasts and Festivals:
May 6 & 7, 2000 - Part of Street Movies screenings at West Philadelphia Community Center and Clark Park respectively (Philadelphia, PA)
