Scribe Video Center is a non-profit media arts center founded in 1982, with a focus on participatory community filmmaking
We are located in West Philadelphia at 3908 Lancaster Avenue
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Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Shot on 16mm, Loose Pages was the first film about the area’s growing Asian American community. Long-established residents, newer immigrants, and recent refugees talk in their homes, in the street, and at community gatherings about their experiences, hopes, and efforts to maintain their Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese cultures.
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Saturday, November 14, 2026, 12:00 - 3:00 PM
JT Takagi is a New York-based filmmaker and a sound recordist on documentaries, with credits on numerous PBS films, including the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning Strong Island. Takagi also directs Third World Newsreel. Join her for a workshop on approaches to audio recording and sound equipment, including working with 32-bit float mixer/recorders, timecode sync, and a variety of microphones. Workshop participants are invited to discuss planned projects.
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WPEB 88.1FM is a member-supported, noncommercial, community radio station that provides West Philadelphia with a much-needed local, progressive, and accountable media outlet serving as a voice for its many diverse communities.
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Programs
The North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF) celebrates African American and Puerto Rican heritage in the 19th and 20th centuries through site specific projects, events, exhibitions and installations.
North Philadelphia History Festival
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Workshops
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Screenings
Through the Precious Places Community History Project, each group will plan, shoot, and edit a video about their “precious place” with the help of a filmmaker and a research scholar hired by Scribe. While these facilitators will work closely with participants throughout the course of production, the work itself—the planning, writing, and filming—will be done by members of the community groups.
Precious Places
The Documentary History Project for Youth is an annual after-school, weekend, and summertime digital media production workshop for middle and high school students. Each year, youth participants create short documentary films as a way to explore some aspect of the social, political, and cultural history of Philadelphia.
Documentary History Project for Youth
Power Politics is an oral history project organized by Scribe Video Center, exploring strategies for political empowerment by historically disenfranchised communities, specifically interviewing organizers, activists, strategists, and leaders in the Black, Puerto Rican, Asian-American, and other economically disadvantaged communities.
Power Politics
WPEB - West Philadelphia’s Community Radio Station
Broadcasting live from Scribe, WPEB is an independent, noncommercial community radio station dedicated to reflecting, representing, incorporating, empowering, and serving West Philadelphia. Tune in on 88.1 FM, 95.1 FM, or here on the live stream.
