BARRIO TELEVISION (work in progress) by Christina DiPasquale (USA, 2026, TBD) BARRIO TELEVISION uncovers the story of Puerto Rican activists who produced the first bilingual Latino television series to air nationwide called “Realidades.” After tracing U.S. complicity in the 1973 coup in Chile, “Realidades” received backlash and the Nixon administration moved to cut public-media funding,
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Precious Places Premiere Montgomery Auditorium, Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street Since 2003, Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project has facilitated the production of 124 short documentaries about the spaces that hold the memories of our communities and define where we live. Precious Places teaches the video production process to participating groups, fostering
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Embark on an immersive journey into sustainability at EcoFair, Green Philly’s third annual family-friendly event showcasing the region’s eco-resources and initiatives driving positive change. Enjoy a day packed with eye-opening insights and actionable ideas with: Inspiring and educational programming featuring storytelling and workshops. -Recycle your unwanted or used clothing & textiles with The Wardrobe -Art
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Art for the Cash Poor 2026 will be inside and outside! Learn more and connect with our vendors below. Purchase works from 100+ artists, crafters, and designers both inside the Icebox Project Space and outside the Crane Arts Building! The Art for the Cash Poor festival is an affordable art fair that activates and brings
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You Don’t Have to Go Home, But . . .by Aidan Un (USA, 2024, 78 min) is an ode to dancing bodies, a grimy love letter to Philly, a story about what to do when the DJ has played the last song, the club’s lights come on, and you gotta go . . . somewhere.
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A bold new initiative by Color Congress presenting a powerful slate of short documentaries, all directed by filmmakers of color. These films highlight activism, social justice movements, and the fight for equity across different communities. SIFTMedia 215 has joined Scribe Video Center in presenting a Community Screening of these powerful films in Philly. Block 1
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Come join us for Refreshments, Screening, Panel Discussion. The event will feature a powerful documentary series that explores the intersection of COVID-19 and systemic racism as experienced by frontline workers and organizers. Filmmakers: Nikki Harmon, Lois Moses, Eboni Zamani & Melissa Beatriz
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The Bicycle Coalition and Families for Safe Streets will work in collaboration with Barbara’s friends and family to host a silent, slow roll bike ride from Civic Center Blvd and Spruce St. to the site of Barbara Friedes crash, 18th and Spruce. We will place an Angel bike at the crash site and hold a
MoreJoin us on June 22nd for ASHM’s Midsommarfest! Midsommar is one of Sweden’s most important holidays and a day to rejoice in the coming of summer at a time when daylight is at its longest. Following tradition, Swedes decorate with greenery and flowers as they sing songs and dance around the maypole, celebrating the start
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With TV waves going digital this February, Nexus/foundation, an experimental artist collective, thought it might be time to go old-school. So they turned their gallery, located in the Crane Arts Building (1400 N. American St.), into a low-frequency AM radio station for the months of December and January. Their control room, made of