In 2020, the Detroit Narrative Agency created Radical Remedies, a rapid response initiative addressing the dual pandemic of COVID-19 and anti-Black racism. The project’s attempt to amplify community stories and build collective healing and power aligned with Scribe’s mission, and in solidarity Scribe launched Radical Remedies Philly in winter of 2020. Please join us for the premier screening of submissions specific to Philadelphia and the greater region.

Join us for a special screening featuring Anna Russell Jones, Betty Leacraft and Betye Saar, three women of African descent who have led trailblazing and pioneering careers as artists, often using their work to make pointed and powerful political statements.

This accelerated workshop teaches participants essential skills needed to edit any video in Premiere Pro, whether it’s a three-minute trailer or an hour-long documentary.

We are excited to launch the Street Movies! 2021, our 24th season! Street Movies! is a free screening series for audiences of all ages that tours neighborhoods around the Philadelphia region, bringing a program of independent film - fiction, animation, documentary, and youth and community produced work - from around the world to local parks, lots, playgrounds, and community spaces.

Craft of editing with Jason Pollard begins Monday, July 19. Three sessions offering theoretical, practical and aesthetic approaches to the edit. Investigating the many ways to ‘find’ and refine story, how to organize for the edit, and hands-on techniques for structuring and crafting a piece.

The Philadelphia Independent Media Fund awards grants to Philadelphia area independent media makers with digital video and audio projects in three areas:
Planning - for projects in the planning/pre-production stage - awards of up to $2,000
Next Level - for projects that require a professional consultant to bring to the next level of production - awards of up to $500
Finishing - for projects in the postproduction stage with an anticipated completion date of twelve months from the grant award date - awards of up to $3,500

We Tell: Fifty Years of Participatory Community Media series is now available for community screenings and educational use. Select programs (Wages of Work, Turf, and Collaborative knowledges) are available for a three-year educational license.

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Scribe is open by appointment for select small workshops and equipment pickup, strictly following our COVID-19 protocol. Please send an email to inquiry@scribe.org if you'd like to set up an appointment. 

An abandoned burial space, once owned by the historic Mother Bethel AME church, where more than 5,000 Black people were interred starting in 1810, was discovered. This is both a story of the struggle to reclaim the overlooked history of Black people in colonial Philadelphia, but also a story of the organizing, coalition building, and strategy employed by community members intent on preserving and memorializing what they termed as, "the ancestors of the African Diaspora.”