Street Movies at Mifflin Square Park

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This event was originally scheduled for August 22nd but due to rain is now scheduled for August 25th; forecast for the 25th is mostly sunny!

This program features the Precious Places documentary, The Bra Buddha Ransi Temple (co-produced by the Khmer Buddhist Humanitarian Association and Scribe Video Center) about the role of the Bra Buddha Ransi Temple in the Cambodian community. With construction recently completed and consecrated in June 2009, the beautiful temple in the heart of South Philly provides Buddhist spiritual guidance to local community while being active in its cultural and social life. (2009, 9:15 mins)

Also featuring two documentaries produced by youth from Long Beach, CA and Oakland, CA:

Coming Together by Jennefer Heng, Dianna Brang, Sovanduongchan So, Samantha Chhim, Linda Moy, and Mary Savady of Khmer Girls in Action - Long Beach, CA
Twenty nine-years after the Khmer Rouge genocide, the voices of the survivors' children emerges. “Coming Together” is an exploration of disconnections and connections between two generations as told by 6 Cambodian American young women living in Long Beach, CA. (2008, 24 mins)

I Ain't Leavin' by Streetside Productions (Lead Instructor CB Smith-Dahl, Program Director Peter Kim) Co-Directors, Camera, Sound, Editing: Streetside Productions Youth Team (Maria San, Daniella Rodrigues, Yen Nguyen, Mercedes Hill, Patrick Phanh, Jonathan Hall) Producer: Streetside Productions (a program of the East Bay Asian Youth Center)
A story of migration, immigration, and gentrification, I Ain’t Leavin’ is ultimately a story of displacement. Told through the lens of Cambodian-American youth, this short documentary tells the story of the Oak Park Apartments in the Murder Dubbz neighborhood of East Oakland. Despite that their immigrant parents fought to reform the tenements they lived in, these young people discover that they are no longer welcome in the place they’ve always considered “home”. Amidst newly transplanted neighbors, constant police surveillance, and nervous housing management, these youth struggle to maintain a sense of ownership, belonging, and pride in their community. (2008, 19:14 mins)

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About the Bra Buddha Ransi Temple

Consecrated on June 27, 2009, the Bra Buddha Ransi Temple provides Buddhist guidance and religious support to the local community and anyone interested in Buddhism.

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Street Movies! is made possible with support from H. Fred and Karen Clark, the Samuel S. Fels Fund, Independence Foundation, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Juliette Goodfriend, Ann Greene, and Laurence Saltzman. Media partner: Media That Matters