Scribe at Philadelphia Film Festival
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In continuing the celebration of Scribe’s 25th anniversary year, we are happy to have a collection of new works produced through our workshops and community programs featured in this year's Philadelphia Film Festival. The program also includes clips from Tina Morton’s documentary Philadelphia’s Scribe.
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Pictured above right Contested Terrains
(2007, 9 mins, Boone Nguyen)
Exposes disconnects between racist perceptions and the actual use by local Asian immigrant communities of Mifflin Square Park in South Philly, an important gathering place for the city's Cambodian and Laotian residents.
Rank and File Sistahs (2007, USA, 9 min, Ethel Paris)
Women recount their experiences as members of the Black Panther Party in the 1970s and how that time influences them today.
Africa is Not a Zoo (2008, USA, 12 min, Ife Williams)
Focuses on game parks in Southern Africa and how they have displaced the local populations and given animals preferential treatment over people.
Under the Baobab Tree (2007, USA, 18 min, PASCEP & Scribe Video Center)
The Temple University Pan-African Studies Community Education Program (PASCEP), a model of community education, was created out of struggles in 1970s to make Temple University more responsive to its neighbors in the African American community of North Philadelphia. This video, a Scribe Community Visions project, is a celebration of the history and influence of PASCEP and all the incredible artists and educators who have come through its doors.
The Movement: The History of Philadelphia’s Settlement Houses
(2007, USA, 30 min, Documentary History Project for Youth)
Charged with the complex task of telling the history of Philadelphia’s Settlement Houses -- The Lighthouse, Lutheran Settlement House, Southwark House, Houston Center, Germantown Settlement, Settlement Music School and Friends Neighborhood Guild – these middle and high school age students skillfully combined archival materials, interviews and personal behind the scenes confessions to create a rich story of how these institutions helped shape our nation by focusing on the unique needs communities and neighborhoods that define our large cities.