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Film Summary: "I think stereotypes exist, for the most part, because human beings will only do as much as we have to do. We're lazy. I think it's a very human thing to sort and group and categorize…
Film Summary: This short documentary is about what taxes are supposed to do for a community and the reality of what the taxes actually do for its community. The people interviewed in this film are…
Film Summary: This documentary talks about social media, and how a person’s character can be revealed from their social media posts. It provides examples of how social media can benefit or harm you…
Journalists Maida Odoms and Heshimu Jaramogi teamed up to film this moving portrait of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees Local 1199C as it marked its 25th anniversary. Today…
Film Summary: The Sydney King School of Dance was one of several neighborhood-based black dance schools founded in Philadelphia during the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s. Responding to the cultural needs…
Film Summary: In 1949, interracial cooperative living was a radical idea in Philadelphia. The Friends Housing Cooperative transformed this concept into practice. Founded by the Friends Neighborhood…
Film Summary: Inner-city Philadelphia youth discuss their troubled neighborhoods, how their surroundings affect the music they make and the words they write, and how poetry and spoken word allow them…
Film Summary: In 1986, a newly formed senior center moved into the former Carnegie Public Library in Germantown. Ever since, Center in the Park has been growing and expanding, and the collective…
Film Summary: This video illuminates the lives and circumstances of LGBTQ youth of color, ages 16-22, through the exploration of their personal stories. It also dispels myths and provides much-needed…
Film Summary: The history of activism, particularly youth activism, in Philadelphia has roots that are long and deep -- from struggles against slavery to contemporary struggles against racism…
Film Summary: Oxford Circle had been a predominantly white neighborhood for decades before the 1990s. Once a suburb of Philadelphia known as "Old Village," Oxford Circle is a neighborhood in the…
Film Summary: A Place to Call Home explores different spaces at the University of Pennsylvania and in West Philadelphia that have housed the main activities of Penn MSA throughout its 50 years history…
Film Summary: 1199C Training and Upgrading Fund aspires to fill the region's lack of nursing and allied health professionals with members of the community who are nontraditional candidates for these…
Film Summary: Explores the ways in which Hip-Hop has evolved through the 1980s, 90s, and today, particularly through the "new" phenomenon of social media. DHPY Student(s): Jonathan Alexander (Hill…
Film Summary: This short recounts the stories of two women in two different Philadelphia neighborhoods, who are affected by gentrification. DHPY Student(s): Malcolm Margasak (Julia R. Masterman) and…
Film Summary: Lelia Anderson embarks upon a journey to learn about the importance of family and how each member of the familial unit is a leader. Instructors: NaOme Richardson and Erica Hawkins Scribe…
Film Summary: Compares and contrasts the rich history and tradition of African Drumming and African Dance and how arguably one could not exist without the other. DHPY Student(s): Gianna Noelle Smith…
Film Summary: This film is about the American Dream, and how some people try to reach for it and they don’t always achieve the dream. However, there’s a push to expose more students to STEM, otherwise…
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 Community Visions…
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…
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…
Price: Higher Education Institutions & Government Agency DVD | $179.00 K-12 & Public Libraries DVD | $79.00 Film Summary: On Mother's Day, 1985, a virtual army of city and state police converged on…
