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Fair Hill: To Badlands and Back Again

Producer of the Work / Filmmaker: 
Filmmaker Facilitator: 

Videomaking Consultant - Martin Lautz; Humanities Consultant - Miriam Camitta; Post Production - Martin Lautz

Year released: 
2005
Length: 
9 min 32 seconds
Price: 

This video is available for purchase as part of a Precious Places Community History Project Vol.2 compilation DVD.

Fair Hill: To Badlands and Back Again the history of a 300-year-old Quaker cemetery in North Philadelphia on Germantown Avenue. Deeded to local residents by Quakerism founder George Fox in the 1700s, the burial ground is the resting place of many of women and men who were active in the Underground Railroad. Philadelphians such as feminist and abolitionist Lucretia Mott and abolitionist Robert Purvis are buried here.

(In Stereo) Types

Producer of the Work / Filmmaker: 

Produced by R.A.V.E. (Reaching Adolescents Via Education) and Scribe Video Center

Year released: 
2001
Length: 
14:30 minutes

" I think stereotypes exist, for the most part, because human beings will only do as much as we have to do. We're lazy. I think it's a very human thing to sort and group and categorize people," says a R.A.V.E. member calmly. But (In Stereo) types uses humor, rap, laugh out loud Hollywood clips and poignant testimony of their own experiences as stereotypees and stereotypers to make a good point. Unchecked stereotyping dehumanizes us all, whether it's in your face -- "People who know I'm gay ask me if do hair. I say, no, not all of us do hair.

Filmmaker's Name: 
RAVE & GALAEI & LGBTQ
Filmmaker's Bio: 

Reaching Adolescents Via Education (RAVE), a program of the GALAEI (Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative) Project, is a peer-based, peer-run, sexual health education program for Latino/a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning teens (LGBTQ), Latino youth, and LGBTQ youth. RAVE addresses self-esteem issues, mental health, preventive health, HIV/AIDS, STDs, substance abuse, homophobic violence, conflict resolution and mediation, through peer mentoring and interactive workshops.

Public Screenings, Broadcasts and Festivals: 

November 17, 2001 - Part of Community Visions premiere held at the Prince Music Theater (Philadelphia, PA)

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