Street Movies! with Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation

Scribe Video Center presents the 28th annual year of Street Movies! This film screening and performance series tours outdoor community spaces across Philadelphia every August with a program of independent short films from local, national, and international filmmakers, curated in partnership with neighborhood-based organizations. All events are family-friendly and open to the public.

Join us for this free outdoor screening in partnership with Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC). The night will begin with a live performance followed by a screening of four short films, with breaks for community discussion.

7:30 pm – Live Performance by Valentina Janie

8:00 pm – Film Program & Discussion

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Film Program:

Chinatown Life Story dir. Termite TV Collective (2002, USA, 26 mins)

In 2002, Termite TV collaborated with Tien Duong, Barbara Jerome, and Michael Zhao – participants from the Asian Arts Initiative’s Youth Arts Workshop – to produce this portrait of the people who live, work or just pass through Chinatown, Philadelphia. This show was produced in collaboration with the Asian Arts Initiative. Chinatown Life Story was filmed and edited by MICHAEL ZHAO, TIEN DƯƠNG, BARBARA JEROME, LENA SZE, DOROTHEA BRAEMER, MICHAEL KUETEMEYER, CARL LEE, ANULA SHETTY

Let me take you home dir. Evelyn Hang Yin, (2022, USA, 6 min): LET ME TAKE YOU HOME follows the journey of Ah Yeh as he meanders through the dreamscape of an old Chinatown, where he is joined by others from his time and finds home to his granddaughter.

He dir. Yihui Hu (2025, USA, 24 min): Jing He, a 17-year-old Chinese American girl, is living the life she’s always dreamed of—balancing school, friends, and family. But things change the day her father returns from China with a startling revelation: he has a teenage son from another woman. Suddenly, Jing finds herself facing a new family dynamic, as she navigates the unexpected arrival of a half-brother she never knew existed.

The Other Side of the Mountain dir. Yumeng Shirley He (2024, USA, China, 19 min): At the behest of his elderly mother, a painter embarks on a quest to find his family’s old apartment in the labyrinthine hills of Chongqing in southwestern China.

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For over two decades now, Street Movies! has been a great way for people to gather together, engage with independent film, and foster discussion around the cultural histories of their neighborhoods and issues affecting their communities. All screenings are free, open to the public, and family-friendly.