Street Movies!
It's time to pull out the lawn chairs and blankets for
another season of free outdoor screenings in your neighborhood.
Street Movies! is back for a 12th summer of independent film and video.
Twelve years ago, inspired by outdoor screenings at African film festivals and the 1970s Philadelphia Street theater, Scribe created Street Movies! Now a summer tradition across the city, neighbors gather, lawn chairs and blankets in hand, to enjoy drive-in without cars.
This year’s exciting line-up of animated, documentary and experimental films focuses on youth produced videos and works that explore immigration, environmental justice, prisons and policing, effects of violence on our communities, green modes of transportation and militarism.
Screenings start at 8:30 PM and include discussions about the films, with filmmakers often in attendance. Street Movies! is a FREE, family friendly event.
Screening dates & locations:
Date: Friday, August 1
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
Host: JUNTOS
Location: Houston Community Center
2029 S. 8th Street
Follow this link for complete program @ JUNTOS
Date: Saturday, August 2
ALLEGHENY WEST
Hosts: Reyburn Park Neighbors and Cecil B Moore Recreation Center
Location: Reyburn Park
20th & West Sedgley Avenue
Follow this link for complete program @ Reyburn Park
Date: Wednesday, August 6
CAMDEN
Host: Walt Whitman Arts Center
Location: Walt Whitman Arts Center
2nd & Cooper Streets
Follow this link for complete program @ Walt Whitman Arts Center
Date: Thursday, August 7
MANTUA
Host: Montesorri Genesis II School
Location: 3529 Haverford Avenue
Date: Saturday, August 9
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
Host: Bra Buddha Ransi Temple
Location: Mifflin Square Park
6th & Ritner Streets
Date: Wednesday, August 13
FRANKLINVILLE/NORTH PHILADELPHIA
Host: Centro Pedro Claver
Location: Eagles Park
7th & W. Schiller Streets
Date: Thursday, August 14
GERMANTOWN
Host: Why Not Prosper and Social Re-entry
Location: 717 E. Chelten Avenue
Date: Friday, August 15
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
Host: Newbold Neighbors Association
Location: DiSilvestro Park
15th and Morris Streets
Date: Wednesday, August 20
EAST POPLAR/NORTHERN LIBERTIES
Hosts: Friends Neighborhood Guild & Friends Housing Cooperative
Location: 8th Street & Fairmount Avenue
Date: Thursday, August 21
NORTH PHILADELPHIA
Host: Leon H. Sullivan Charitable Trust
Location: Leon H. Sullivan Human Services Bldg.
1415 N. Broad Street
Date: Friday, August 22
WEST PHILADELPHIA
Hosts: Jubilee School & Neighborhood Bike Works
Location: Clark Park
43rd & Baltimore Avenue
Date: Saturday, August 23
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
Host: First African Baptist Church
Location: 16th & Christian Streets
Date: Thursday, August 28
WEST PHILADELPHIA
Host: WPEB 88.1 FM Community Radio Station
Location: Malcolm X Park
52nd & Pine Streets
Street Movies! is made possible with support from the Samuel S. Fels Fund, Independence Foundation, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. With in-kind support from MiND: Media Independence.
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Is your organization interested in hosting a Street Movies! screening?
Scribe works with community organizations to coordinate Street Movies! events. The organization should have a strong presence in their neighborhood and should be able to articulate subjects of interests and/or issues the community would like to address through films. Scribe proposes a film program that is selected by a screening committee of community members in the neighborhood. Scribe supplies the films and equipment needed for the Street Movies event! Contact us by phone at 215 222 4201 or email us at boone@scribe.org.