Producers' Forum: Saving Etting Street by Dena Fisher and Amy Scott

Saving Etting Street by Dena Fisher and Amy Scott

 (USA, 2025, 67 minutes) 

preceded by Elder Abuse in Housing, a project of Scribe's Primary Source participatory journalism project (USA, 2024, 5 minutes)

(USA, 2024, 5 minutes) 

Philadelphia and Baltimore are sister cities in several ways, including shared issues of housing, redlining, and systemic disinvestment. In this gripping documentary set in Baltimore, expert carpenter Shelley Halstead trains three young Black women in carpentry, electrical work, and plumbing, and along with the support of Black Women Build and with cheers from long-time residents, they transform a block of abandoned row houses into a community of Black women who are first-time homeowners. 

Dena Fisher (Co-Director. Producer, and Director of Photography), is a Baltimore-born multimedia artist, licensed clinical social worker, and filmmaker whose work lives at the intersection of art, healing, and social justice, turning stories of struggle into blueprints for change. She is a two-time Addy Award recipient and a Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund fellow.