Street Movies! @ Friends Housing Cooperative
Location(s)
There will be a simultaneous screening of children's program
@ Friends Neighborhood Guild
701 N. 8th Street (8th & Fairmount)
2nd Floor
Please scroll to bottom of page for children's program
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The Movement: The Story of Philadelphia's Settlement Houses by Scribe Video Center's Documentary History Project
Middle and high school students skillfully combine archival materials, interviews and personal behind-the-scenes confession to tell the rich history of Philadelphia's Settlement Houses. (USA, 2007, 30 min)
Touching Bass
by Nadine Patterson
When her father passes away, London-raised Zera travels to Philadelphia for the memorial service, where she learns more about why her father lived in exile, and about the hey day of jazz in Philadelphia. Currently being developed into a feature length film. (USA, 2008, 15 min)
Writing History With Lightning
by Charlotte Burger
Explores the impact of America's first feature film: D.W. Griffith's 1915 epic, "The Birth of a Nation." A stylistically innovative film, it overnight turned movies from a cheap novelty into a respected art form. At the same time, it unleashed a firestorm of controversy that tested the fragile state of race relations in early 20th century America. (USA, 2007, 10 min)
Amiri Baraka's "Something In The Way Of Things [In Town]" by Bryan Green
Shot on three different types of film and two different types of video over three months with fifty actors/extras in about twenty-five locations around the West Philly area, this film is a stunning visual adaptation of Baraka's scathing and foreboding social commentary with music by The Roots. (USA, 2007, 9 min)
Locusts by Iqaa the Olivetone
Detroit-based Hip-Hop artists, Invincible and Finale, rhyme about how short-term profit-driven urban development schemes displace poor communities. Through music, lyrics, and interviews with youth and community activists, including Grace Lee Boggs, this groundbreaking documentary/music video offers alternative forms of economic development that engages communities and prioritizes the health and well-being of inner city neighborhoods. (USA, 2008, 11:27 min)
African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal by Magee McIlvaine, Ben Herson & Chris Moore
Step into the African Underground and listen to a new voice inspired by religion, politics, old school Hip Hop and Senegalese culture. (Senegal & USA, 2007, 6:14 min)
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Simultaneous screening of children's movies
@ Friends Neighborhood Guild, 701 N. 8th Street (8th & Fairmount), 2nd Floor
Obara & the Merchants written by Michelle Bodden, directed by Manauvaskar Kublall
The story of a powerful hunter who lives in a town during a time of famine. When he is finally able to eat, a group of hungry merchants appears! Will Obara share, or keep his food to himself? (USA, 2007, 8:40 min)
Holla Back Dubai! by Global Action Project 
Sixth-graders from Washington Heights (New York) send video letters to youth in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Youth in Dubai sent video letters back, in this piece about cross-cultural understanding and media deconstruction. (USA, 2002, 6 min)
The Fan and the Flower by Bill Plympton
An ill fated romance between a fan and a flower magically creates a fairy tale ending. (USA, 2005, 8 min)
Hedgehug by Dan Pinto
A lonely Hedgehog searches for someone to hug. (USA, 2008, 5:09 min)
Wormhead story by Carolyn McKeown, directed by Manauvaskar Kublall
There is a new girl in class, Nia, and she and Jesse make friends right away. But there is something different about Nia, and Terry and Anne don’t like it. How can Jesse keep her old friends and her new one? (USA, 2006, 12:44 min)
Mayor for a Day by Alison Crouse, Tracy Pereira & Mee-Lin Youk
The short documentary was an opportunity for filmmakers Alison Crouse and Tracy Pereira, and spoken word artist Mee-Lin Youk to team up and engage urban youth in a conversation about their community. Shot during Philadelphia’s mayoral primary season of 2007, the film showcases the children’s resilient spirits in the face of drugs, violence, and poverty. (USA, 2007, 10 min)
The Farm Sanctuary by Fly Up Media and Students of Saint Ignatius
Fifth grade boys from the Saint Ignatius School in the Bronx go upstate to The Farm Sanctuary, where they study documentary filmmaking while learning about farm factories and abused animals. (USA, 2006, 5:31 min)
Eve's Garden by Heart of Camden & Scribe Video Center
Founded in 2004, Eve’s Garden and Community Greenhouse gives residents the opportunity to have their own lush piece of paradise in the middle of Camden’s urban-industrial waterfront. The garden features a large greenhouse, vegetable beds, and even a hand-built cob baking oven that the kids helped construct from local clay, sand and straw. Residents and school children grow corn, pole beans, tomatoes, collard greens, potatoes, squash and numerous other hand-tended delights.