Street Movies!

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eSights eSounds, Scribe’s New Media Initiative, premieres at apogee@brandywine!

Follow this link to buy tickets:
http://www.livearts-fringe.org/details.cfm?id=9065

Part of this year’s Philly Fringe, this special Street Movies! features an indoor/outdoor art installation that includes: economic data transformed into an animated mural by Timothy Portlock; an online museum of folk arts by FACTS Charter School, Asian Americans United & Philadelphia Folklore Project; an interactive resource for holistic health by Serena Reed; testimony confronting poverty in the U.S. by Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign.

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More About the eSights eSounds New Media Initiative:

As part of our 25th Anniversary celebration Scribe launched eSights, eSounds, a special New Media initiative that commissioned four works by both individual artists and members of community groups who are exploring social, cultural and political issues of concern to the region. This project, which is being supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, supports artists in using new technologies -- cell phones, interactive web sites, video games, podcasts, etc -- as creative tools to tell their stories. This special program is a chance to enlarge and expand the creative palette at Scribe Video Center, a media arts center know internationally for its community-based media projects.

Culture Tools

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In collaboration with Village of Arts and Humanities

Emcee: Kina S. Northington; Filmmakers in Attendance

This program features Renaissance on Sacred Ground (2009, 21:30 mins), a documentary about the power of African art forms, including music and dance, to transform the lives of everyday people. It tells the story of Ile Ife, the House of Love, an African cultural center located on Germantown Avenue in North Philadelphia and created by famed dancer choreographer, Arthur Hall. The young people who entered the doors of Ile Ife in the 1960s, drawn in by the sound of the African drum, over time became the members of the internationally known Arthur Hall Afro American Dance Ensemble.

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In collaboration with North Light Community Center and Manayunk Neighborhood Council

Emcee: Keira Stevenson; Filmmakers in Attendance!

Manayunk Canal: Past, Present and Future
by Manayunk Neighborhood Council & Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project
A look at the Manayunk Canal, its industrial past and its role in the community’s revitalization. (2009, 9:40 mins)

Free the River Park by Evolve Strategies
Chronicling the fight against CSX Railroad’s effort to block community access to the Schuylkill River, this doc inspires other groups on how to wage grassroots organizing campaigns to improve and protect their communities. (2008, 15 mins)

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In collaboration with Walt Whitman Arts Center and Camden United

Filmmakers in Attendance

Screening is outdoors; indoors in case of rain

From Camden to You: The Rebirth of Johnson Park (2009, 9 mins), by Camden United and Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project
Documents the history of Johnson Park, its role in the industrial history of Camden and its part in Camden’s revival.

Camden High by Anthony Loren Normil
Camden High School basketball program and it's coach, Clarence Turner overcome astronomical odds to become one of the top programs in New Jersey. (2009, work-in-progress 12 mins)

When Everybody Goes Home by Dina Dashiell
A documentary about the past 30 years of homicides of Black males by Black males in Philadelphia. (2009, work-in-progress,15 mins)

Amazones: Women Drummers in Philadelphia by Joslyn Duncan Ladson
The Amazones Master Women Drummers were invited to Philadelphia to bring hope and inspiration to youth in communities where violence was at an all time high. These women drummers, of Guinea West Africa, broke the tradition in their community by mastering the art form when it was considered "unacceptable" for women to play. (2007, 6:30 mins)

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In collaboration with Bridgeway, Inc

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When Everybody Goes Home by Dina Dashiell
A documentary about the past 30 years of homicides of Black males by Black males in Philadelphia. (2009, work-in-progress, 15 mins)

A Second Chance by 1199C Training and Upgrading Fund and Scribe Video Center's Community Visions Program
1199C Training and Upgrading Fund aspires to fill the region's lack of nursing and allied health professionals with members of the community who are nontraditional candidates for these positions. Their video, A Second Chance, follows several graduates of the training program, portraying their histories, their current occupations and their reflections of the program. (2008, 15:40 mins)

Solving the Missing Puzzle by Cincereyea Greene
Explores the social impact of absent fathers in African American families. (2009, work-in-progress, 10:34 mins)

Everyday Story by the Village Arts Challenge media program at the Village of Arts and Humanities
A teenage girl must cope with not only sexual abuse but her mother's unwillingness to hear her out.
(2007, 10 mins)

Dreaming
Dreaming by Village Arts Challenge media program at the Village of Arts and Humanities
Tired of being told what to do, a young boy wishes to be “grown”. He quickly discovers, however, that being an adult is not all it’s cracked up to be. (2007, 6:40 mins)

Amazones: Women Drummers in Philadelphia by Joslyn Duncan Ladson

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In collaboration with Awbury Arboretum Association

Emcee: Kina S. Northington; Filmmakers in Attendance

Awbury by Awbury Arboretum Association and Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project
This film recounts the history of Awbury Arboretum, now a center for urban agriculture, and addresses the broader questions about how green and urban spaces interact. (2009, 8 mins)

Re-Cycle by Ed Golden
The environmentally-friendly hauling and delivery company Pedal Co-op picks up everything from recyclables to compost—on bicycles! (2009, 6 mins)

Local Honey by Susannah Hunter
Journey into the hive and the fascinating world of bees with local beekeeper Jim Bobb. (2009, 9 mins)

Inch by Inch by Ilana Friedman

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In collaboration with Weavers Way Co-op

Emcee: Keira Stevenson; Filmmakers in Attendance!

Screening is Outdoors; Indoors in the Allens Lane Art Center Auditorium in Case of Rain

Terminator Tomatoes by Suzanne Twining
A farmer and his daughter get in too deep with a crop of genetically modified tomatoes.
(2001, claymation, 5 mins) a Media That Matters film

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