Street Movies! @ Montessori Genesis II

Posted July 7th, 2008 by Boone
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Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 8:30pm
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Host: Montessori Genesis II

Location(s)

Montessori Genesis II
3529 Haverford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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Obara & the Merchants written by Michelle Bodden, directed by Manauvaskar Kublall
The story of a powerful hunter who lives in a town during a time of famine. When he is finally able to eat, a group of hungry merchants appears! Will Obara share, or keep his food to himself? (USA, 2007, 8:40 min)

E-Waste Animated by Ian Lynam, Produced by Morgan Currie & Lindsay Utz, GOOD Magazine
An animated film illustrates the environmental and human damage caused by electronic waste while offering solutions to this global problem. (USA, 2007, 1:41 min)

Holla Back Dubai! by Global Action Project
Sixth-graders from Washington Heights (New York) send video letters to youth in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Youth in Dubai sent video letters back, in this piece about cross-cultural understanding and media deconstruction. (USA, 2002, 6 min)

The Fan and the Flower by Bill Plympton
An ill fated romance between a fan and a flower magically creates a fairy tale ending. (USA, 2005, 8 min)

Hedgehug by Dan Pinto
A lonely Hedgehog searches for someone to hug. (USA, 2008, 5:09 min)

Wormhead story by Carolyn McKeown, directed by Manauvaskar Kublall
There is a new girl in class, Nia, and she and Jesse make friends right away. But there is something different about Nia, and Terry and Anne don’t like it. How can Jesse keep her old friends and her new one? (USA, 2006, 12:44 min)

The Farm Sanctuary by Fly Up Media and Students of Saint Ignatius
Fifth grade boys from the Saint Ignatius School in the Bronx go upstate to The Farm Sanctuary, where they study documentary filmmaking while learning about farm factories and abused animals. (USA, 2006, 5:31 min)

Eve's Garden by Heart of Camden & Scribe Video Center
Founded in 2004, Eve’s Garden and Community Greenhouse gives residents the opportunity to have their own lush piece of paradise in the middle of Camden’s urban-industrial waterfront. The garden features a large greenhouse, vegetable beds, and even a hand-built cob baking oven that the kids helped construct from local clay, sand and straw. Residents and school children grow corn, pole beans, tomatoes, collard greens, potatoes, squash and numerous other hand-tended delights.