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SUMMARY:Screening: "You Don't Have to Go Home\, But..." by Aidan Un
DESCRIPTION: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. Following dancers at different stages of their artistic lives\, with legendary party Second Sundae as backdrop\, this film examines the possibility of spiritual fulfillment in a socioeconomic configuration that ultimately doesn’t value the practices that make us free. \nThe evening will also feature the next generation of storytellers\, opening with “Hop Hop Life”\, produced through Scribe’s Documentary History Project for Youth (DHPY). The event will also feature appearances by Second Sundae dancers who helped shape the scene\, joining Un for a post-screening discussion about the community\, history\, and influence of hip-hop culture.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/screening-you-dont-have-to-go-home-but-by-aidan-un/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Family-friendly,Film
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SUMMARY:Scribe Video Center's Winter Solstice Party
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our annual holiday/winter party! ❄️\n\n\nJoin us for a Scribe tradition to celebrate the end of year holidays and gather together as we prepare for a return of light. We will have food\, drinks\, games\, live music\, and dancing. \nFeeling festive? Consider becoming a member or giftina membership to a loved one this holiday season at scribe.org/annual-appeal.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/scribe-video-centers-winter-solstice-party-2/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
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SUMMARY:Storyville: Searching for the Songs of Wanaragua by Eli LaBan
DESCRIPTION:Join Scribe Video Center and Big Picture Alliance for a screening of “Searching for the Songs of Wanaragua” at Scribe on December 12\, 7PM.  \nThis short documentary follows Cesar Vargas\, a Garifuna language teacher and researcher from Honduras\, and Eli LaBan\, a documentary filmmaker from Philadelphia\, as they record and translate traditional songs to use as teaching tools to support the revitalization of the endangered afro-indigenous Garifuna language in Honduras.   \nEli LaBan is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who has worked on projects pertaining to social development\, cultural preservation\, and education across the world.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/storyville-searching-for-the-songs-of-wanaragua-by-eli-laban/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Accessible Event,Activism,Advocacy,Art,Arts & Culture,Arts & Performance,Black History,Black Owned Business,Community Events,Discussion,Event,Family-friendly,Film,Land Stewardship,Lenape History,LGBTQIA+
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T190000
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SUMMARY:Special World AIDS Day Screening: I Was Born This Way by Sam Pollard and Daniel Junge
DESCRIPTION:I Was Born this Way by Sam Pollard and Daniel Junge \n(USA\, 2025\, 100 min) \nWhen Archbishop Carl Bean sang the 1977 disco hit and gay anthem “I Was Born This Way\,” it was just the start of his mission to create positive change in the world. He went on to found the Minority AIDS Project and the world’s first LGBTQ+ church for people of color. \nThis screening is programmed in recognition of World AIDS Day. We invite you to join us in community to honor this day and those you know who have been impacted by HIV/AIDS. \nDaniel Junge is an Oscar and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker\, whose films include Saving Face\, Being Eve\, They Killed Sister Dorothy\, and A Lego Brickumentary. \n\nSam Pollard is an accomplished feature film and television editor\, and documentary producer/director.  Pollard has edited several Spike Lee films:  Mo’ Better Blues\, Jungle Fever\, Girl 6\, Clockers\, and Bamboozled. He has also produced and directed Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes\, MLK/FBI\, Two Trains Running\, and co-produced Four Little Girls and When the Levees Broke. \n\n \nContact Email Address\ninquiry@scribe.org\n\n \nContact Phone Number\n215-222-4201\n\n \nLocation(s)\n\nScribe Video Center – 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104 \n\n\n \nEvent Type\n\nScreening
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/special-world-aids-day-screening-i-was-born-this-way-by-sam-pollard-and-daniel-junge/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Activism,Advocacy
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SUMMARY:Producers' Forum: Andrea Weiss and Greta Schiller
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a screening of The Five Demands with Andrea Weiss and Greta Schiller.\n\n\nThe Five Demands By Andrea Weiss and Greta Schiller (USA\, 2023\, 74 minutes) \nIn April 1969\, a small group of Black and Puerto Rican students shut down the City College of New York\, an elite public university located right in the heart of Harlem. Through archival footage and present-day interviews\, The Five Demands is the riveting story of a student strike fueled by the revolutionary fervor sweeping the United States at the time. The strike soon turned into an uprising\, leading to an extended campus occupation\, canceled classes\, student arrests\, and the college president’s resignation. \nFilmmaker Andrea Weiss and film participant Rosalind McLymont\, will be joining for a post-screening discussion. \n____________________________________________________________________________ \nGreta Schiller (Producer/Director) is an internationally acclaimed documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Jezebel Productions. Since 1984\, she has produced over a dozen films\, unearthing lost histories of marginalized groups and writing them into the cultural narrative. \nAndrea Weiss (Producer/Director) is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and founder\, with Greta Schiller\, of Jezebel Productions. Most recently\, she is Producer/Director/Editor of Bones of Contention\, a feature documentary delving into the historical memory movement in Spain and the unknown story of LGBT repression under the Franco dictatorship. She holds a Ph.D. in U.S. History and is Professor of Film at the City College of New York\, where she co-directs the MFA Program in Film.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/producers-forum-andrea-weiss-and-greta-schiller/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T190000
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SUMMARY:Storyville: Virtually Free by André Robert Lee
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a screening of Virtually Free by André Robert Lee preceded by the short film\, Fight until We Decay by Ami Glazer\n\n\nVirtually Free (USA\, 2020\, 40 minutes) by André Robert Lee \nThis film follows three teens: Sid\, Taee\, and AR currently being held in a Richmond\, VA detention center who are offered the chance to become activists speaking truth to power. Virtually Free is a documentary about unlikely allies who partner to transform the juvenile justice system and stop mass incarceration. \nAndré Robert Lee is a filmmaker and educator with experience teaching writing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and\, more recently\, filmmaking at Germantown Friends School (where he created the film program). André’s work has explored various topics\, from incarcerated youth and Civil Rights History to personal narratives of underrepresented communities. \n \nFight Until We Decay (USA\, 2024\, 9 minutes)by Ami Glazer \nIn collaboration with Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP)\, Fight Until We Decay film focuses on the experiences of formerly incarcerated youth and the historical and political contexts of youth incarceration in PA. This film amplifies YASP’s mission and illustrates the detrimental effects of youth incarceration through data and personal testimony. \nAmi Glazer is a filmmaker and writer based in West Philadelphia and was a 2021 Recipient of the Leeway x IPMF Media Artist + Activist Residency. 
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/storyville-virtually-free-by-andre-robert-lee/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250815T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250815T210000
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SUMMARY:Precious Places Community History Project Premiere
DESCRIPTION:What is the history of your neighborhood?\n\n\nPrecious Places Community History Project Premiere \nJoin us at Scribe for the premiere screening of three new documentaries produced by community groups in collaboration with Scribe Video Center. The works include documentaries on West Philadelphia High School (West Philadelphia)\, The Cure at Simon Gratz High School (Hunting Park)\, and UC Townhomes (West Philadelphia). \nScribe Video Center’s Precious Places program is a regional community history project created to document 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 projects authored by those who intimately know the featured neighborhoods best. \nTHE PRECIOUS PLACES COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION\, DOLFINGER-MCMAHON FOUNDATION\, AND THE ALSTON BEECH FOUNDATION.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/precious-places-community-history-project-premiere-2/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T130000
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SUMMARY:Animation Studio for Youth
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring different manual and digital animation techniques: stop motion using cut paper\, drawings\, and mixed media\, as well as digital animation applications for computer and iPad. \nInstructor: Lowell Boston
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/animation-studio-for-youth/2025-08-08/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Arts & Performance,Black History,Community Events,Festival,Film,Free Community Events,History,Kids,Programs for Children,Workshops & Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T130000
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SUMMARY:Animation Studio for Youth
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring different manual and digital animation techniques: stop motion using cut paper\, drawings\, and mixed media\, as well as digital animation applications for computer and iPad. \nInstructor: Lowell Boston
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/animation-studio-for-youth/2025-08-07/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Arts & Performance,Black History,Community Events,Festival,Film,Free Community Events,History,Kids,Programs for Children,Workshops & Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250806T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250806T130000
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SUMMARY:Animation Studio for Youth
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring different manual and digital animation techniques: stop motion using cut paper\, drawings\, and mixed media\, as well as digital animation applications for computer and iPad. \nInstructor: Lowell Boston
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/animation-studio-for-youth/2025-08-06/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Arts & Performance,Black History,Community Events,Festival,Film,Free Community Events,History,Kids,Programs for Children,Workshops & Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
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SUMMARY:Animation Studio for Youth
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring different manual and digital animation techniques: stop motion using cut paper\, drawings\, and mixed media\, as well as digital animation applications for computer and iPad. \nInstructor: Lowell Boston
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/animation-studio-for-youth/2025-08-05/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Arts & Performance,Black History,Community Events,Festival,Film,Free Community Events,History,Kids,Programs for Children,Workshops & Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250804T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250804T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T172953Z
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SUMMARY:Animation Studio for Youth
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring different manual and digital animation techniques: stop motion using cut paper\, drawings\, and mixed media\, as well as digital animation applications for computer and iPad. \nInstructor: Lowell Boston
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/animation-studio-for-youth/2025-08-04/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Arts & Performance,Black History,Community Events,Festival,Film,Free Community Events,History,Kids,Programs for Children,Workshops & Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T213000
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CREATED:20250610T172447Z
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SUMMARY:Resistance & Joy Screening curated by the Color Congress
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the screening of the two Color Congress curated collections entitled “Reclaiming Identity” and “Reclaiming Power.”\n\n\nThe Resistance & Joy Screening Tour is a bold new initiative presenting a powerful slate of twelve short documentaries\, all directed by filmmakers of color. These films explore urgent and deeply personal themes\, from LGBTQ+ rights and intergenerational healing to advocacy\, cultural preservation\, and the resilience of communities reclaiming spaces. \n \nReclaiming Identity: Stories of LGBTQ+ love and resilience\, intergenerational healing\, and communities reclaiming their spaces. These films center on personal and collective journeys of self-discovery\, healing\, and belonging. Through intergenerational storytelling\, bold artistic expression\, and lived experiences\, filmmakers reclaim narratives that have historically been erased or silenced. \nDOCUMENTARY | 1 hour 12 mins | 2025 \nReclaiming Power: Explorations of activism\, cultural preservation\, and collective action in the face of systemic injustice. These films highlight activism\, social justice movements\, and the fight for equity across different communities. From cultural preservation to political resistance\, these stories showcase the ways people organize\, resist oppression\, and work toward change. \nDOCUMENTARY | 1 hour 10 mins | 2025
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/resistance-joy-screening-curated-by-the-color-congress/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
CREATED:20250616T170638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T170638Z
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SUMMARY:The Resistance &Joy Screening Tour
DESCRIPTION: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. \nBlock 1 of films – Reclaiming Identity: Through intergenerational storytelling\, bold artistic expression\, and lived experiences\, this block of films centers personal and collective journeys of self-discovery\, healing\, and belonging.\nBlock 2 of films – Reclaiming Power: From cultural preservation to political resistance\, this block of films showcase the ways people organize\, resist oppression\, and work toward change.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-resistance-joy-screening-tour/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250516T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250516T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
CREATED:20250513T172508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T172508Z
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SUMMARY:Storyville: Stand Up for Madinah by Zainab Sultan
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Storyville screening of “Standing Up for Madinah” by Zainab Sultan\n\n\nStand Up for Madinah by Zainab Sultan (USA\, 2024\, 25 minutes) \nThis story follows Madinah Wilson-Anton\, an African American woman elected as Delaware’s first elected Muslim State Representative. She opposes U.S. support for Israel and fights to pass a ceasefire resolution. Members of her own Democratic party threaten to censure her over her outspoken pro-Palestinian stance\, and she faces abuse and trolling online. Despite this\, Wilson-Anton persevered and introduced a resolution in the Delaware House calling for a permanent end to Israel’s war on Gaza. She advocates for her community as a politician and she challenges perceptions of it in her free time as a budding stand-up comedian. The film premiered on Al Jazeera English. \nZainab Sultan is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker.  She is also on the steering committee of Bitchitra Collective: Indian Women in Documentary\, an organization advocating for the collective rights of women and non-binary filmmakers of Indian origin in US and India. Her work has been featured in the Columbia Journalism Review\, Al Jazeera English\, U.S. News and others. She is a graduate of the documentary program at Columbia University.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/storyville-stand-up-for-madinah-by-zainab-sultan/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250507T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250507T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
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SUMMARY:Body of Work: Yoruba Richen
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for these three day of screening events featuring the films of Yoruba Richen\n\n\nYoruba Richen is a prolific Peabody award-winning documentary filmmaker whose body of work illuminates issues of race\, space\, and power and elevates the voices and stories that have historically been marginalized. Her films have been featured on multiple outlets\, including Netflix\, MSNBC\, FX/Hulu\, HBO\, Peacock\, and PBS. She is Founder of the production company\, Promised Land Film\, and is the Founding Director of the Documentary Program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. \nThis Body of Work will showcase two evenings highlighting Yoruba’s films elevating Black women’s stories and one evening of work that uncovers and brings to light stories that have been intentionally buried featuring white descendants engaging with their legacy of racism and terror. \nWednesday\, May 7\, 7:00 PM \nHow It Feels To Be Free (USA\, 2021\, 113 minutes) \nHow it Feels to Be Free tells the story of how six iconic African American women entertainers – Lena Horne\, Abbey Lincoln\, Nina Simone\, Diahann Carroll\, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes\, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process. Broadcast on PBS in the American Masters series and nominated for an Emmy. \nThursday\, May 8\, 7:00 PM \nThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (USA\, 2022\, 101 minutes) \nThe first feature length documentary about the iconic activist\, this film tells the unexpected story of Parks and her life beyond the historic bus boycott\, revealing the intent behind her activism\, her lifelong radical politics and her courage. Winner of the Peabody and Gracie Awards and honored by the Television Academy. We will also present a 3 minute clip from Yoruba’s new project on Joan Little whose 1975 murder trial galvanized a support movement. \nFriday\, May\, 9\, 7:00 PM \nThe Cost of Inheritance (USA\, 2024\, 60 minutes) \nThe Cost of Inheritance explores the complex issue of reparations in the United States and takes a personal approach to understanding our history\, systemic injustices\, and inequities. We follow descendants of enslavers and the enslaved as they are reckoning with their past and trying to find a just way forward. We will also show very brief excerpts from American Coup: Wilmington (2024) on the white supremacist insurrection in North Carolina in 1898 and American Reckoning (2022) on the unsolved 1967 murder of a Mississippi Civil Rights activist and organized Black armed self-defense.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/body-of-work-yoruba-richen/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T210000
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SUMMARY:Producers' Forum with Ashley Tyner and William Tyner
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Producers’ Forum screening of the People’s Way with Ashley Tyner and William Tyner\n\n\nThe People’s Way by Ashley Tyner and William Tyner (USA\, 2025\, 75 minutes) \nAt the intersection of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis\, three community organizers—Jeanelle Austin\, Toshira Garraway\, and Robin Wonsley— embark on various and interweaving journeys after George Floyd’s murder to care for their communities\, find inner healing\, and forge a path towards Black liberation. Each one does this in their own way\, whether demanding accountability for the murder of a community member by police\, building a community-centered approach to public safety\, or commemorating and preserving a public space for recovery from police violence. \nAshley Tyner is a writer\, filmmaker\, and Special Projects Editor at i-D Magazine\, where she works to create space to amplify marginalized voices in the worlds of art and culture. She writes and produces across print\, audio\, and video formats\, with a focus on designing editorial experiences that translate into community events and service-driven initiatives. \nWilliam Tyner is an anthropologist\, filmmaker\, and UX Researcher at Google. William is also the recipient of the 2018-2019 Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship\, where he studied the intersection of civil society and technology in post-communist Romania.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/producers-forum-with-ashley-tyner-and-william-tyner/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T220000
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SUMMARY:Producers' Forum: Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Producers Forum screening featuring Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor\n\n\nFree for All: The Public Library by Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor (USA\, 2025\, 85 minutes)  \nFree For All: The Public Library chronicles the more than a century long evolution of the nation’s public libraries\, tracing the battles over who can enter\, what belongs there\, and who makes these decisions\, while exploring how public commons are defined and defended. The film examines historical elements such as the central role of women\, the institution’s role in cultural movements such as the Harlem Renaissance as well as current struggles in a digital age amidst budget cuts\, closures\, and polarizing book bans. Director Dawn Logsdon travels the U.S.  following library visitors and staff verifying how the institution continues to play a vital role in urban and rural areas. \nDirector Dawn Logsdon also produced\, directed\, and edited Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans\, and co-directed Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton. Her editing credits include The Weather Underground\, Paragraph 175\, and Have You Heard From Johannesburg? among others.  \nProducer and Co-Director Lucie Faulknor co-founded Serendipity Films\, LLC and produced the award-winning documentary Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/producers-forum-dawn-logsdon-and-lucie-faulknor/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T220000
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SUMMARY:A Queer Black Body: Thomas Allen Harris
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker and multi-disciplinary artist Thomas Allen Harris’ body of work is being honored at the Scribe Video Center.\n\n\nSince the mid-1980s\, multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker\, Thomas Allen Harris Jr (Tahj)\, has used a wide range of media including video\, photography\, installations\, film\, and performance to examine the nuances of Black and queer identity and subjectivity\, particularly within the construction of the diaspora and the family model. \nHarris has been developing a co-creative and socially engaged practice that re-interprets identity\, autobiography\, and representation in the digital archive. For over three decades\, by interweaving personal biographical material\, Harris illuminates the notion of family through the Black queer gaze and pushes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking by creating internal and external dialogues that champion self-actualization and transcend artificial boundaries. \nIn this week-long celebration of Tahj’s body of work\, a series of videotapes derived from the artist’s archive from the 1990s\, his first feature documentary film Vintage: Families of Value\, as well as the PBS broadcast documentary series Family Pictures USA will all be screened at Scribe Video Center.   \nThrough a pop-up archival exhibition\, A Return: Reflections\, Place & Diaspora\, curated by Darah Gaines Martin\, we visit Brazil as well as various US cities during the 1990s\, diving into various themes of family\, spirituality\, and self. We find ourselves in conversation with  critically acclaimed poet and activist Essex Hemphill and transported back to moments of pre-adolescence\, grappling with the concepts of intersectional identities. In these six pieces\, Harris uniquely examines diasporic culture\, as well as the human condition and Black and queer identity\, through the preservation of the present moment\, including candid discussion and performance art. In Vintage: Families of Value\, Thomas captures three Black families through the eyes of gay and lesbian siblings including Harris and his brother Lyle Ashton Harris. The film examines the family model around themes of sexuality and identity. In addition to Vintage\, Cass Arrington\, a former student of Tahj and Philadelphia native\, will screen their short film\, The World Before Me\, about multi-generational experiences of growing up queer across two generations of family history.  \nThrough this showcase\, we pay homage to the dynamic benevolence that is Black and queer identity. Each piece selected for viewing encompasses the multiple dimensions of Tahj’s artistic practice through the exploration of togetherness and individuality. “A Queer Black Body” honors influences across the diaspora as well as cultural spaces\, leaders and artists that have\, in some way shape or form\, led us to come together presently at The Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia. \nTahj’s video archive will be open to the public starting Monday\, February 17th until February 24th. All attendees will be given the option to engage with the material through written and/or visual response modules for the course of the exhibition. The two night screening will happen on Thursday\, February 20th and Friday\, February 21st at 7pm. \nThe Films \nThursday\, February 20th at 7:00pm \nThe World Before Me \n(2022\, 6 min) \nThis essay film follows Cass Arrington’s journey to explore the experiences of growing up queer across multiple generations of shared family history\, through reconnecting with a distant aunt from North Philadelphia. \nVintage: Families of Value \n(1995\, 71 min) \nDirector Thomas Allen Harris’ Vintage: Families of Value is a thoughtful examination of three Black families through the eyes of gay and lesbian siblings including Harris and his brother Lyle Ashton Harris. This lyrical and impressionistic film blends dramatic re-creations\, verité footage\, performance\, audiovisual collage\, and archival photos and films to sketch a provocative tableau of three modern Black families negotiating sexuality and identity. \nThomas Allen Harris is a critically acclaimed\, interdisciplinary artist\, filmmaker\, and scholar whose work explores family\, identity\, and spirituality.  \nDarah Gaines Martin (she/they) is an NYC-based filmmaker and producer. Graduating from Delaware State University with a B.A. in Public Relations and Advertising\, Darah’s work across film and video centers joy\, exploration\, and self actualization. Currently\, Darah works as an associate producer on Thomas Allen Harris’ upcoming feature documentary film My Mom\, The Scientist. \nCassidy Arrington is a 23 year old nonbinary multi-media artist based in and from Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania with a BA in Ethnicity\, Race\, & Migration Studies from Yale College. In 2024\, Arrington became a resident artist at the TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image and the Painted Bride Art Center. \nDirector Thomas Allen Harris\, is expected to be joined by Cass Arrington\, Darah Gaines Martin\, Donald Perry for post-screening discussions on Thursday and Friday. Conversations will be moderated by special guest programmer Denise A. Greene.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/a-queer-black-body-thomas-allen-harris/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T213000
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SUMMARY:Special Screening:  Brittany Shyne (WIP)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the work in progress screening of Brittany Shyne’s  directorial debut\,  “SEEDS.”\n\n\nScribe Video Center will be screening SEEDS (USA\, work in progress). \nSEEDS is a portrait of centennial farmers in the geographical south. Using lyrical black and white imagery\, this meditative film examines the decline of generational black farmers and the significance of owning land. \nBrittany Shyne is an independent filmmaker based in Dayton\, Ohio. Working in the narrative and non-fiction art form\, her work seeks to depict the complexity of everyday life by examining themes such as personal histories\, alienation\, and cultural modernization. Utilizing observational techniques and poetic language\, her films lyrically weave together frameworks of race\, class\, culture\, identity\, and family lineage. She also works as a cinematographer on films such as The Debutantes (Tribeca\,’24) and Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar’s Academy Award-winning film American Factory 美国 工厂.  Shyne received the 2021 Artist Disruptor Award from the Center of Cultural Power.  She is currently working on SEEDS\, her first feature documentary. The film has received institutional support from Sundance\, Black Public Media\, Cinereach\, ITVS\, IDA\, Doc Society’s Threshold Fund\, Just Films | Ford Foundation\, BAVC\, The Flies Collective\, The Puffin Foundation\, The Points North Institute and SFFILM. The film has also participated in the inaugural PROGRESSIO lab in conjunction with ICA London and Cineteca Madrid\, True/False’s PRISM program\, and Open City’s Assembly Development Lab. She is an alum of the Chicken and Egg Pictures: (Egg)celerator Lab and was a Firelight Media Documentary Fellow (2020-2022). Shyne received her MFA in Documentary Media from Northwestern University and a BFA in Motion Pictures from Wright State University.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/special-screening-brittany-shyne-wip/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241220T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241220T210000
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SUMMARY:Scribe Video Center's Winter Solstice Party
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our annual holiday/winter party!\n\n\nJoin us for a Scribe tradition to celebrate the end of year holidays and gather together as we prepare for a return of light. We will have food\, drinks\, games\, live music\, and dancing. \nFeeling festive? Consider donating a toy to the toy drive or becoming a member at scribe.org/annual-appeal.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/scribe-video-centers-winter-solstice-party/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241214T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
CREATED:20241209T183621Z
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SUMMARY:Special Screening: FILE/LIFE: We Remember Stories of Pennhurst
DESCRIPTION:Each person at Pennhurst had a File. Each person at Pennhurst had a Life.\n\n\nFile/Life is a community-led exploration of the Pennhurst archives produced by the Insitute on Disabilities\, Temple University\, CEHD. Seven archivists (all people with disabilities and/or family members) share stories from the archives that made them listen\, feel\, imagine\, and remember. In doing so\, they ask the question: Can a file ever contain a life? Stories are told through a variety of mediums\, including short films of varying artistic styles\, that together create an hour-long\, deeply personal\, visual\, and aural exploration of the archives. \n \nThe film is a co-creation between media artist María Teresa Rodríguez and the File/Life team developed over 20 months. The compilation film will be screened at Scribe on Saturday\, December 14th with a discussion with the File/Life collaborators to follow. The film and some installation materials will be on view at Scribe through Saturday\, December 21. \n \nFile/Life Team (Community Archivists\, Collaborating Artists\, Film Crew\, and Design): Jonathan Atiencia\, David Bradley\, Alex Catanese\, Leah Day\, Cait Giambroni\, Harold Gordon\, Ramona Griffiths\, Sabrina Kariat\, Val Keller\, Cecilia Lee\, Jacob Lee\, Elia Lyssy\, Danielle Moore\, Nate Mucha\, Frank Orr\, Biany Perez\, Virginia Plottier\, Nicki Pombier\, María Teresa Rodríguez\, Mike Schut\, Margery Sly\, Lisa Sonneborn\, and Kevin Stalder. \n \nThe film is audio described\, open captioned\, and ASL interpreted. Major support for File/Life: We Remember Stories of Pennhurst was provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/special-screening-file-life-we-remember-stories-of-pennhurst/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
CREATED:20241028T133606Z
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SUMMARY:WURD on Democracy Live Broadcast
DESCRIPTION:Join WURD hosts Joann Bell and Dr. James Peterson for a live broadcast at Scribe Video Center.\n\n\nSpecial Broadcast: WURD on Democracy with Joann Bell & Dr. James Peterson – Oct 29! \nWURD on Democracy is bringing you a special broadcast this October 29\, from 5PM to 7PM\, hosted by Joann Bell and Dr. James Peterson\, live from Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia.  \nWe’ll be discussing the importance of your vote in shaping the future as Election Day approaches. Tune in to get insights on voter power and how we can make a difference in 2024. Don’t miss this crucial conversation\, brought to you by AARP Philadelphia and Every Voice Every Vote. Stay informed\, stay engaged! \nSpace is limited and registration required.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/wurd-on-democracy-live-broadcast/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240920T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
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SUMMARY:Producers Forum: DeeDee Halleck
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the screening of “Bitter Cane” followed by a post screening discussion with DeeDee Halleck.\n\n\nAn award-winning documentary about the colonial exploitation of the Haitian people\, Bitter Cane was filmed secretly by a collective of Haitian and American filmmakers—many part of the Mouvement Haitien de Libération\, an underground revolutionary organization—during the dictatorship of Jean-Claude (“Baby Doc”) Duvalier. The film’s deep insights into the exploitation and foreign domination of the Haitian people remain all too relevant today. \n \nAfter BITTER CANE was filmed in Haiti – clandestinely during the regime of Jean-Claude Duvalier – the director was identified as “Jacques Arcelin.” That was a fictitious name used to protect the identify of the filmmakers. Now we can finally reveal their real names. The film was co-directed by Haitian activist Ben Dupuy and his American comrade Kim Ives. They were part of a collective of Haitian and American filmmakers called Haiti Film.  \n \nDeeDee Halleck began making films in the 1960s. Her film\, The Mural on Our Street was nominated for an Academy Award in 1965\, and she went on to work with artists Shirley Clarke\, Richard Serra\, Nancy Holt\, Robert Frank\, Jean Dupuy\, and others. She was president of American Independent Video and Film Makers (AIVF) 1977-1982\, organizing a campaign to create funding and space for independent producers on public television. Since 1974 she has been the film and video chronicler of the Bread and Puppet theater. In 1982-4 she was raised funds from The Corporation on Public Television to make a film on Haiti\, working as a member of Haiti Films\, along with Kim Ives\, Kyle Kibbe and Pennee Bender. The film went on to win prizes at TIFF (Toronto) and Cannes and was shown clandestinely in Haiti.  \n \nDeeDee Halleck will be there in-person for the post screening discussion.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/producers-forum-deedee-halleck/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T210000
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SUMMARY:Producers Forum: Irit Reinheimer
DESCRIPTION:Scribe Video Center and Jewish Currents present a 20th-anniversary screening of Young Jewish And Left\n\n\nTwenty years ago\, ​​Michael Chameides and Irit Reinheimer traveled across the U.S. and interviewed over 50 Jews who identify as anarchists\, leftists\, radicals\, communists\, or socialists. They were looking for a Jewish culture that coincided with their values. Scribe Video Center and Jewish Currents present a 20th-anniversary screening of Young Jewish And Left\, a 55-minute documentary that weaves interviews and experimental filmmaking to build a conversation about queer culture\, Jewish Arab history\, secular Yiddishkeit\, anti-racist analysis\, and religious/spiritual traditions into a multi-layered portrait of Leftist Jewish politics in 2003. \nWe revisit Young Jewish And Left with co-director Irit Reinheimer and two of its subjects\, Ezra Berkley Nepon and Nava EtShalom. We look at the political and cultural moment in which it was made\, what has shifted since its creation\, and how this documentary holds particular important resonances in the present moment. The conversation will be moderated by Sol Brager\, Director of Community Engagement at Jewish Currents. \nFounded in 1946\, Jewish Currents is a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought\, activism\, and culture on the Jewish left and the left more broadly. \nThe event is co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace Philly and the Leeway Foundation. \nMasks are requested to be worn except when eating or drinking and will be supplied at the door. \n“Young Jewish and Left provides a beautiful cross-section of today’s visionary thinkers\, activists\, and artists. The film celebrates the profound legacy of resistance among Jews – and criticizes the reactionary elements in Jewish communities\, from the occupation to assimilation\, patriarchy\, and homophobia. And it calls the Left to task for generally lacking an understanding of Jewish history or culture.” \n—Dan Berger\, Left Turn Magazine\, 2006 \n \n \nBios: \n \nIrit Reinheimer is a filmmaker and writer based in Philadelphia. Her writing is influenced by her background in experimental filmmaking\, where she has taken a sculptural approach to examining themes of loss and inheritance through short films constructed from her late father’s 8mm home movies\, archival materials\, and new footage. Irit’s films Young\, Jewish and Left\, How the Bridge Works\, I Told Her This Was Home\, and Of Origin have screened nationally and internationally. Her first book\, Push the Water\, was published by Thread Makes Blanket Press (2023). She is also a long-time member of Jewish Voice for Peace. \nEzra Berkley Nepon is the author of two books which document and analyze people’s history: Justice\, Justice Shall You Pursue: A History of New Jewish Agenda (2012) which tells the story of a multi-issue\, progressive Jewish organization which was active with over 45 chapters across the US in the 1980s\, and Dazzle Camouflage: Spectacular Theatrical Strategies for Resistance and Resilience (2016) which looks at two examples of contemporary theater artists\, generating analysis about their shared transformative theatrical strategies. \nBased in Philadelphia\, Ezra is Deputy Director of the Global Philanthropy Project\, a network of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic support to advance the human rights of LGBTI people in the Global South and East. Ezra is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace\, a longtime member of the JVP Philly Steering Committee\, and was a founding member of the JVP Artist Council. \nNava EtShalom is a poet\, editor\, and educator in West Philly. In her writing and political work\, she unpicks settler-colonialism from her position as a serial settler in the U.S. and Palestine. \nEtShalom is the author of the poetry collections The Knives We Need (Carnegie Mellon 2021) and Fortunately (Button 2020). You can also find her work in The American Poetry Review\, Boston Review\, The Believer\, LA Review of Books\, and other journals. She’s received an MFA from the University of Michigan\, a Pew Fellowship in the Arts\, the 92Y Discovery Prize\, and two prizes from the Academy of American Poets. \nHer next collection\, VISITOR\, is about disability\, rest\, rage\, and the ceiling tiles at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. \nSolomon J. Brager is a cartoonist and writer living in Brooklyn\, New York. They are on the editorial collective of Pinko Magazine\, the author of the graphic memoir Heavyweight (William Morrow\, 2024) and the director of community engagement at Jewish Currents. \n \nMasks are requested to be worn except when eating or drinking and will be supplied at the door.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/producers-forum-irit-reinheimer/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T210000
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SUMMARY:Body of Work: 3 nights with Jean-Marie Téno
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a three-day screening event featuring Jean Marie Téno
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/body-of-work-3-nights-with-jean-marie-teno-3/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240208T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
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SUMMARY:Body of Work: 3 nights with Jean-Marie Téno
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a three-day screening event featuring Jean Marie Téno
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/body-of-work-3-nights-with-jean-marie-teno-2/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
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SUMMARY:Body of Work: 3 nights with Jean-Marie Téno
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a three-day screening event featuring Jean Marie Téno
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/body-of-work-3-nights-with-jean-marie-teno/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T220000
DTSTAMP:20260417T024440
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SUMMARY:Lands That Release/Terras Que Libertam- Special Screening
DESCRIPTION:Visiting form Brazil\, filmmaker Diosmar Filho will be in-person at Scribe Video Center to screen and discuss Terras Que Libertam\n\n\nJoin us for a screening of the documentary film “Lands That Release: Stories of the Cupertinos” co-sponsored by the Ubuntu Center on Racism\, Global Movements & Population Health Equity at Drexel University. The screening will be followed by a conversation about land-based resistance struggles in Brazil with Diosmar Filho\, co-director and producer of the film\, and Dr. Ashley Gripper\, faculty at the Ubuntu Center. \n \nAbout the Film \nLands That Release/Terras Que Libertam documents the trajectory of the Black Quilombola population living in Chapada Diamantina (Bahia-Brazil)\, a freedom movement led by brothers Júlio Cupertino and Jaime Cupertino\, insurgents in black conscience living in the ancestral quilombola lands of the Caatinga. The documentary reveals the modern quilombola struggle for territorial and social rights\, the defense of the Quilombola Territory of Vazante against the Baraúnas Dam\, and the freedom of the warrior Júlio Cupertino – ancestor in the Territory of Baixão Velho. The film is 55 minutes with English subtitles. \nFilmmaker’s Biography- \nDiosmar Filho is a Senior Researcher and Scientific Coordinator at the Iyaleta Research Association – Research\, Sciences and Humanities (Bahia\, Brazil)\, a Geographer\, and a doctoral student at Fluminense Federal University in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil). He is also the co-director and producer of the documentary Lands That Release/Terras Que Libertam\, which documents the trajectory of the black quilombola population in Chapada Diamantina (Bahia-Brazil). Diosmar previously served as professor and academic coordinator of the Lato Sensu Specialization in State and Law of Traditional Peoples and Communities and the Lato Sensu Specialization in Human Rights and Contemporaneity – UFBA/UAB/CAPES. He holds a Master’s in Geography from the Federal University of Bahia and is an Associate Researcher at the Brazilian Association of Black Researchers (ABPN).
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/lands-that-release-terras-que-libertam-special-screening/
LOCATION:Scribe Video Center\, 3908 Lancaster Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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