In Partnership with One Book, One Philadelphia and Philly Black Pride

Marlon Riggs’ (1957 – 1994) groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied, is a cornerstone within LGBTQ documentary cinema, its timeless articulation of the black gay male experience has inspired a generation of queer identified artists and filmmakers. Directly following the screening, Steven Fullwood, scholar and archivist, will present a special presentation on Black LGBTQ archives and their importance.

This three-session workshop will provide participants with a broad-based introduction to oral history practice, including project design, interview preparation, question lists, ethics and law, and interviewing techniques.

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Through exercises, critiques and discussions, the workshop will explore the craft and techniques of performing for the camera and how to analyze a script before going on camera. Participants will address the many ways body, expression and speech can be framed in relation to the lens.

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Legendary: 30 Years of Philadelphia Ballroom (USA, 2020, 30 min)
In partnership with One Book, One Philadelphia
Directed by Cassie Owens, Raishad Hardnett, Lauren Schneiderman, Produced by The Philadelphia Inquirer

Legendary is an inside look into the effort to preserve Philadelphia’s ballroom scene, a predominantly Black LGBTQ safe-space that has endured for over 30 years.

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Our Body of Work series returns with a screening of works from interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Rea Tajiri. Poetic, subtly layered and politically engaged, Tajiri's work advances the exploration of forgotten histories, multi-generational memory, landscape and the Japanese American experience.

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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.”