HIV
A Glance Into the Life
Posted December 3rd, 2007 by SerenaColours/ Acres of Change and Scribe Video Center
Alpa Patel and Amanda Whittenberger
This video illuminates the life and circumstance of LGBTQ youth of color, ages 16-22, through the exploration of their personal stories. It also dispels myths and provides much needed community resources. COLOURS's mission is to garner the strengths and talents of sexual minority people of color: male, female, transgender, African American, Latino, Asian American to construct an affirming and caring community.
To The Point
Posted July 19th, 2007 by GretjenPrevention Point Philadelphia and Scribe Video Center
Ryan Saunders and Wanda Moore, with Cindy Wong and Keith Fulton
Does everyone, no matter who they are or what they do, have a fundamental right to health and safety? Prevention Point Philadelphia thinks so, and has since its inception in 1991 as a grassroots, volunteer organization conducting syringe exchange when it was still very much an illegal activity. To the Point documents the struggles and triumphs of this long-time needle exchange program committed to protecting the health and rights of habitual drug users and sex industry workers.
Prevention Point Philadelphia works to provide safe and human alternatives to the war on drugs. Since its off-the-radar and illegal beginnings in 1991, they have grown into a recognized, multi-service public health organization that continues its commitment to a community-based model that seeks to minimize the adverse consequences of injection drug use and sex work, such as HIV or Hepatitis C infection. Prevention Point staffers and volunteers meet drug users where they are, providing information and access to treatment for people with dignity and respect. They promote harm reduction through syringe exchange, medical care, social services, and referrals to drug treatment.
Ryan Saunders produces documentaries, multimedia and web projects, many of which explore the Caribbean immigrant experience. His recent works include Bacchanal Time: The People's Carnival, a documentary about North America's Caribbean-style carnivals and Mother Dot's Philadelphia: The Music Continues, about the Philadelphia jazz scene, produced in collaboration with Malkia Lydia for WYBE TV 35's Philadelphia Stories.
Film and videomaker Cindy Wong has also served as a production facilitator on the 1996 Community Visions project, FACE TO FACE [link].
Keith Fulton is a director and producer whose works, produced with Lou Pepe, include Brothers of the Head, Lost in La Mancha, The AMC Project: Malkovich's Mail, and The Hamster Factor and other Tales of 12 Monkeys.
April 2002 - Brief mention in "Scribe Celebrates 20th Anniversary," The Independent
Teens on Sex
Posted July 19th, 2007 by GretjenYouth Health Empowerment Project and Scribe Video Center
Dina Mendros and Roxana Walker-Canton
An informative look at adolescent sexual health by an eclectic group of Philadelphia teens and teen peer educators of the Youth Health Empowerment Project. The video was collaboratively made with Y-HEP teen volunteers who powerfully deconstruct myths ("You can't get pregnant your first time."), address common concerns, and give useful, experience-based advice to their peers.
Youth Health Empowerment Project (Y-HEP)is a project of Philadelphia FIGHT that offers a comprehensive range of health promotion and youth development programs using a harm reduction approach to at-risk youth.
Dina Mendros is a member of Temple University's Women's Film & Video Collective and recently completed Temple's Master's program in Anthropology. A former writer for the Philadelphia City Paper, she is currently at work on a video documentary about a New York school for cross-dressing.
Roxana Walker-Canton is a filmmaker, author, professor and television host who currently works as visiting professor of media studies at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT.
May 7, 1999 - "Film Talks to 'Teens on Sex'", by Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News
May 6, 1999 - Part of the Festival of Independents at Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, International House (Philadelphia, PA)
Strong Shoulders
Posted July 19th, 2007 by GretjenScribe Video Center,
This upbeat and engaging program is a collaboration between 10 local film and video makers and a surprising and dedicated cast of individuals who work in the field of AIDS/HIV healthcare and activism. The video stems from Scribe's 1995 call for local videomakers to shoot "a day in the life of" AIDS/HIV caregivers, advocates and activists, in observance of world AIDS day.
December 1, 1995 - "Local Video Shows AIDS' Effect on People," The Philadelphia Tribune
November 30, 1995 - "Day Without Art," by David Warner, Philadelphia City Paper
December 1, 1995 - Simulcast at Painted Bride (Philadelphia, PA)
December 1, 1995 - Simulcast at International House (Philadelphia, PA)
December 1, 1995 - Simulcast on WYBE-TV Channel 35 (Philadelphia, PA
The New Faces of Aids
Posted July 19th, 2007 by GretjenWe The People Living with Aids of the Delaware Valley & Scribe Video Center
Janet Williams & Cindy Wong
"I just love that place. It's a haven," a woman says with a joyous smile as the video opens. Featuring exuberant testamonials from HIV positive members of the We The People "family," this doumentary short lovingly documents a unique HIV and AIDS-themed social service agency located within shouting distance of City Hall. We The People, an organization run by and for people with HIV, has produced a moving video which documents the organization's efforts to emotionally, socially and economically empower people with the HIV-virus.
<"http://www.peoplewithaids.org">We the People Living with AIDS of the Delaware Valley is the only Philadelphia-based organization created and run by people living with HIV disease and AIDS. This organization serves as the major link to the larger medical and social services for the growing number of people with HIV/AIDS, many of whom are disenfranchised because of their own behavior or because of discrimination based on race, mental illness, substance abuse, income status, sexual preferences, lifestyles, etc. We The People does this by offering practical support services that our target population tells us that they need: diagnostic and medical services, meals, clothing, social connections, peer and professional substance abuse and mental health counseling and referrals, culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS risk reduction education, referrals to other services, and now a housing and recovery house.
Janet Williams works as a digital video artist and graphic designer in the Philadelphia area.
Cindy Wong has been a production facilitator for other Scribe projects including Face to Face and To the Point.
On Strong Shoulders
Posted July 19th, 2007 by GretjenProduced by Scribe Video Center
Contributing film and videomakers: Warren Bass, Dorothea Braemer, Chris Emmanouilides, Keith Fulton, Mike Kuetemeyer, Adrienne Murphy, Frances Negron, Andres Nicolini, Louis Pepe, Sloane Seale, Anula Shetty, Marie-Ann Walker
December 1, 1995 - "Local Video Shows AIDS' Effect on People," The Philadelphia Tribune
November 30, 1995 - "Day Without Art," by David Warner, Philadelphia City Paper
December 1, 1995 - Simulcast at Painted Bride (Philadelphia, PA)
December 1, 1995 - Simulcast at International House (Philadelphia, PA)
December 1, 1995 - Simulcast on WYBE-TV Channel 35 (Philadelphia, PA)
