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Join us for a community screening and conversation with local organizers leading the fight for housing rights and climate justice!**EVENT FLOW**6 PM: Doors & Meet & Greet with community organizers7 PM: Film Screening: What Needs to Be Done: Six Stories of Built to Last (short film) and Razing Liberty Square (feature film)9:30 PM: Post-Screening Community Conversation facilitated by Gabe Castro (‘Reel Impact: From Streets to Screens’ columnist, cinéSPEAK journal and member programming manager at PhillyCAM) and featuring lead organizers from—Philly ThriveSave Chinatown CoalitionHERE 4 Climate Justice Coalition (Housing Equity, Repair, and Electrification for Climate Justice)Hunting Park Neighborhood Association—**TICKETING**Suggested donation of

Join us for an intimate salon-style conversation with members of Philadelphia Animation Ensemble as they share works-in-progress.In Process is a cinéSPEAK event series that offers intimate screenings featuring acclaimed local filmmakers. In Process is an opportunity for makers and audiences to delve deep into their craft through dialogue and screening works-in-progress. These salon-style events are designed to inspire and educate both emerging and experienced makers by engaging in hands-on learning, collaboration, and experimentation.The Philadelphia Animation Ensemble is an open collective of animators with vastly different techniques and styles who come together to play collaborative games and delight in experimental moving

Join us for an evening of some of our favorite short films by local filmmakers that have screened at Philadelphia film festivals this year.Join cinéSPEAK for our third annual Best of Fests. In this program, we feature some of our favorite short films from Philly-based filmmakers that recently screened at our region’s film festivals. The film screening will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A.This program includes films that screened at BlackStar Film Festival, Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, and Diamond Screen Film and Media Arts Festival at Temple University.**EVENT FLOW:Doors @ 6:30PMFilm Program @

Join Woy Magazine, cinéSPEAK for a screening and conversation with the filmmaker celebrating Afro-Cuban heritage and cultural resistance!Join Koletivo Sin Nombre, Woy Magazine, cinéSPEAK and Gloria Rolando for a screening of El Alacrán, a film on Havana’s Carnival comparsa, and a discussion on the Carnival in both Cuba and Haiti - and its connection to cultural resistance. Celebrate Afro-Cuban heritage and Caribbean solidarity!Koletivo Sin Nombre is a collective of artists, organizers, and athletes who use creative resistance to build solidarity across Nuestra America. Follow: @Kolektivo.Sin.Nombre (Instagram)**EVENT FLOW**DOORS @ 5:30PMSCREENING & CONVERSATION with the filmmaker @ 6:00PM—**TICKETS**FREE TO ATTEND —DONATIONS TO

Join us on Friday, April 24 from 5PM - 8PM for the Under the Stars Festival Preview Party at The Lawn at UCity Square, a special evening where we’ll reveal this year’s full outdoor summer festival lineup and celebrate the season ahead. The rain location will be indoors at Two Locals Brewing Company (1/2 block south on 37th just north of Market Street) Enjoy tunes by DJ Jamz, cash bar, complimentary light refreshments and great company as we gather to kick off cinéSPEAK’s annual open-air film festival in style. cinéSPEAK is a 501C3 nonprofit that is fueled by community support.