Individual Film Price:

Higher Education Institutions & Government Agency DVD | $49.95
K-12 & Public Libraries DVD | $49.95
Home Video DVD License – Restrictions Apply | $5.95

Documentary History Project for Youth Compilation Price:

This video is available for purchase as part of a Documentary History Project for Youth Vol. 22 "Youth Activism" compilation DVD.

Higher Education Institutions & Government Agency DVD | $139.00
K-12 & Public Libraries DVD | $79.00
Home Video DVD License – Restrictions Apply | $20.00

Scribe Video Center Program:

The Documentary History Project for Youth (DHPY) 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. 

Instructors: NaOme Richardson and Erica Hawkins

Film Summary:

Awaken to Activism examines the evolution of activism in the Philadelphia Public School District through issues and methods. Through interviews with activists who participated in the 1967 student strike, and current day members of the Philadelphia Student Union, connections are made between the two time periods and ongoing struggles for reform.