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

Precious Places Compilation Price:

This video is available for purchase as part of a Precious Places Community History Project Vol. 7 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 Precious Places Community History Project is a community oral history project inviting members of the Philadelphia region's many neighborhoods to document the buildings, public spaces, parks, landmarks and other sites that hold the memories of our communities and define where we live. Precious Places teaches the video production process to participating groups, fostering projects authored by those who intimately know the featured neighborhoods.

Production Consultant: Jos Duncan

Humanities Consultant: Gail Friedman, Ph.D.

Film Summary:

"The Beckett "BE's": BE Thankful, BE Honest, BE Humble, BE Helpful, BE Kind, BE Determined, BE Creative, BE Healthy. BEing From Beckett is the oral history of Beckett Gardens Apartments housing development project located at 16th & Mater Streets, in the heart of North Philadelphia. Built-in 1968 after the riots, Beckett Gardens was created to house low-income families. Some forty years later has remained a beacon hope and a village of strength for everyone who resides there.

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