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Lonely Struggles
Posted July 19th, 2007 by GretjenH.E.R.O. (Helping Energize & Rebuild Ourselves) & Scribe Video Center,
Miyoshi Smith & Ryan Saunders with David Sarasti
Two women, Paulette and Karen, talk about their lives, and how they and their children have been affected by public policy. The women are former welfare recipients, are of similar age and have had similar backgrounds, but they left the public assistance rolls in very different ways. The documentary was produced in collaboration with members of H.E.R.O. (Helping Energize and Rebuild Ourselves) Inc., which was established in 1994 out of a concern for the plight of poor single mothers and their children. H.E.R.O.
H.E.R.O. (Helping to Energize and Rebuild Ourselves) was organized to assist women, primarily single African-American mothers and their children, to become self-sufficient. H.E.R.O. works with residents in the Tioga-Nicetown section of Philadelphia, and sponsors a teen leadership group, coordinates community meetings, and is establishing an education and training center in North Philadelphia.
May 6 & 7, 2000 - Part of Street Movies screenings at West Philadelphia Community Center and Clark Park respectively (Philadelphia, PA)
Crossing Thresholds
Posted July 18th, 2007 by GretjenThresholds in Delaware County and Scribe Video Center
Adriana Quintero & Phil Rothberg
"What you find behind those clanging doors is so different from what you might expect. It's a human being looking for help," marvels longtime Threshold volunteer Theddress Thorpe. When Pennsylvania boasts a recidivism rate of 67%, and legislation passed each year further stigmatizes people who have a criminal record, yet are trying to become productive citizens again, programs like Threshold become very, very necessary.
Thresholds in Delaware County, Inc. is a non-profit organization which teaches decision-making skills to interested inmates in Delaware County prisons by developing and maintaining a volunteer corps. Through this program, Thresholds builds a constructive relationship between the prisons and the community.
Adriana Quintero is a videomaker who also works as a production/administrative staffer for the Termite TV Collective.
Phil Rothberg is an independent film and videomaker. He also serves as Street Movies coordinator and has served as a facilitator for several Community Visions projects at Scribe Video Center.
December 4, 2002 - Brief mention in Philadelphia Weekly, Repertory Film Listings
December 11, 2002 - As part of Community Visions premiere at Prince Music Theater (Philadelphia, PA)
