Maquilapolis (city of factories)
Posted January 24th, 2008 by Intern
Bay area filmmakerVicky Funari, (Live Nude Girls Unite!, Paulina) recently relocated to the Philadelphia area, will screen her film Maquilapolis (2006, 68 min, in Spanish with subtitles) which she made with Sergio De La Torre, factory workers in Tijuana, and community organizations in Mexico and the U.S. They collaborated on a film that depicts globalization through the eyes of the women who live on its leading edge.
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Vicky Funari is a filmmaker whose work focuses primarily on the lives of working people and on the complex identities of today's culturally mixed and dynamic migratory populations. Funari produced, directed and edited the acclaimed non-fiction feature film PAULINA, which has screened in over 30 of the world's most prestigious film festivals, including Sundance, Locarno, Havana and Amsterdam.
Among numerous awards, PAULINA received a Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 San Francisco International Film Festival and Lifetime Television's Vision Award at the 1998 Hamptons Film Festival. PAULINA aired on the Sundance Channel in 2000.
Most recently, Funari co-directed and edited the documentary LIVE NUDE GIRLS UNITE!, a fierce and funny account of the first successful strippers' union in the country. This film premiered at the 2000 SXSW Film Festival, won a Golden Spire and the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival, enjoyed a national theatrical release, aired on Cinemax in 2001, and is now in home video release on both VHS and DVD.
Street Movies! 2008 Call for Entries
Posted April 30th, 2008 by BooneScribe Video Center’s Street Movies! is seeking short films and videos for the Summer Outdoor Screening Series 2008 program. A summer tradition across the city of Philadelphia, and now Camden, hundreds of people gather in neighborhoods with lawn chairs and blankets in hand, to enjoy a drive-in without the cars.
eSights, eSounds New Media Presentation
Posted April 7th, 2008 by Scribe Video Center
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An Information Session about Scribe's New Media Initiative -- eSights, eSounds
eSights, eSounds provides an opportunity for individual artists and community groups to create new media works that comment on social, political and cultural issues affecting the Philadelphia region. eSights, eSounds participants will be use new technologies -- cell phones, interactive websites, video games, podcasts, blogs and wikis - as creative tools to tell their story.
Scribe at Philadelphia Film Festival
Posted April 1st, 2008 by Scribe Video Center
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In continuing the celebration of Scribe’s 25th anniversary year, we are happy to have a collection of new works produced through our workshops and community programs featured in this year's Philadelphia Film Festival. The program also includes clips from Tina Morton’s documentary Philadelphia’s Scribe.
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Pictured above right Contested Terrains
(2007, 9 mins, Boone Nguyen)
New Workshops
Posted March 20th, 2008 by Scribe Video Center
Long time independent media advocate Alyce Myatt presents a workshop on film fundraising Who's Funding What and Why?; local indie maker Richard Power Hoffman will share his techniques for Time-lapse Filmmaking ; and one of the world’s premiere independent filmmakers John Sayles and his producing partner Maggie Renzi return to Scribe for a master class on independent filmmaking and distribution. Go to Workshops for more details.
Guest Artists for Spring 2008
Posted March 20th, 2008 by Scribe Video Center
We are pleased to use the occasion of our 25th anniversary to reconnect with artists who have played an important role in Scribe’s history. Cinematographer and cultural theorist Arthur Jafa (pictured right) will teach on Master Class entitled Visualizing a Black Cinema and film historian/archivist Pearl Bowser will present a program of handpicked, rarely seen films in African American Women on the Bandstand.
Jean-Marie Teno Visits Scribe
Posted February 8th, 2008 by Scribe Video Center
Scribe welcomes acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno. He will present his film Le malentendu colonial on Thursday, February 14 and teach a Master Class on New African Documentary on Friday, February 15. Born in Cameroon, his works have been centerpieces at the international art exhibition, Documenta, the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar and at film festivals on five continents.
Indie Film Iconoclast John Sayles Joins Celebration of Scribe's 25th Anniversary
Posted January 9th, 2008 by Scribe Video Center
Independent filmmaker John Sayles (Lonestar, Brother from Another Planet, Matewan) and his producing partner Maggie Renzi come to Philadelphia on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 to premiere their new film Honeydripper at a Benefit Premiere for Scribe Video Center on the occasion of our 25th Anniversary. Follow this link for complete premiere details and to order tickets!
Celebration of Toni Cade Bambara's Film Work Expanded!
Posted December 12th, 2007 by Scribe Video CenterOn Friday, December 14, starting at 2:00 pm Scribe will be having an Open House and Free Screenings of documentaries featuring interviews with Toni Cade Bambara (Midnight Ramble and Brincando el charco), a narrative short based on one of her short stories (My Man Bovanne) and films where she contributed as scriptwriter (Cecil B. Moore and W.E.B. Du Bois - A Biography in Four Voices). Read more for the schedule and film descriptions.
A Celebration of the Film Work of Toni Cade Bambara
Posted November 20th, 2007 by Scribe Video Center
Scribe Video Center celebrates the work of writer, activist, feminist, and filmmaker Toni Cade Bambara with two film focused programs on Thursday, December 13 and Friday, December 14. Already the acclaimed writer of The Salt Eaters and Gorilla, My Love and editor of The Black Woman, Bambara taught at Scribe Video Center from 1986 to 1995. A major influence on the independent film community, nationally and internationally, she had a particularly strong impact on media makers in Philadelphia - notably women and people of Color.
