Street Movies! @ Reyburn Park

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 - 8:30pm
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Hosts: Reyburn Park Neighbors & Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center

Location(s)

Reyburn Park
20th and West Sedgley Avenue
Philadelphia, PA, 19132
See map: Google Maps

Right to Recovery, produced and directed by Joy Esther Phillips Butts, brings to focus the work of Sister Margaret McKenna and the organization she heads, New Jerusalem Now Inc., a community of former addicts helping each other achieve a "fullness of life" formerly prevented by drug and alcohol abuse. You will experience the stories of redemption through their daily lives, as they rebuild abandoned homes, clean up neighboring streets, and feed the elderly. Right to Recovery takes you on a journey through the world of holistic rehabilitation, guided by both residents and experts. It contrasts the devastating impact that substance abuse and alcohol addiction can have on any community with the constructive optimism demonstrated by the residents as they rehabilitate not just themselves, but also the lives of those around them. (USA, 2008, 26:40 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)

Eve's Garden by Heart of Camden & Scribe Video Center
With an assortment of industries, an incinerator, a sewage treatment plant, and toxic areas including two federal Superfund sites, South Camden is seriously affected by pollution. Respiratory and other health ailments are widespread, and neighborhood groups have decried the environmental racism that has rendered their very air a dire health hazard. Yet, as this documentary shows, Eve's Garden is part of a long history of neighborhood activism to make the streets of South Camden healthier and more beautiful. (USA, 2007, 9:15 min)

Rank and File Sistas by Ethel Paris
Through interviews, archival photographs and film footage, local filmmaker Ethel Paris examines the central role that women played in the Black Panther party as they organized community programs such as the Free Breakfast for Children Program, medical, and education programs while promoting civil rights and self-defense of the African American community in the 1970s. (USA, 2008, 28 min)