Street Movies at Village of Arts and Humanities
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In collaboration with Village of Arts and Humanities
Emcee: Kina S. Northington; Filmmakers in Attendance
This program features Renaissance on Sacred Ground (2009, 21:30 mins), a documentary about the power of African art forms, including music and dance, to transform the lives of everyday people. It tells the story of Ile Ife, the House of Love, an African cultural center located on Germantown Avenue in North Philadelphia and created by famed dancer choreographer, Arthur Hall. The young people who entered the doors of Ile Ife in the 1960s, drawn in by the sound of the African drum, over time became the members of the internationally known Arthur Hall Afro American Dance Ensemble.
Produced collaboratively by Scribe Video Center's Community Visions Program, the alumni of the Arthur Hall Afro American Dance Ensemble and young people from the Village of Arts and Humanities, which now occupies the same site, Renaissance on Sacred Ground looks at how a four decade tradition of cultural expression – rooted in African music and dance, has helped nurture and sustain a community. This documentary combines contemporary interviews, video journaling and extraordinary archival footage of performances from the Arthur Hall Collection and Ile Ife films.
The program will include short films produced by the young people participating in the Village Arts Challenge media program at the Village of Arts and Humanities.
Additional films TBA
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About The Village of Arts and Humanities
The Village of Arts and Humanities' mission is to build community through innovative arts, educational, social, construction, and economic and youth development programs. In all of its projects and activities, the Village seeks to do justice to the humanity and social conditions of people who live in inner city North Philadelphia and in similar urban communities.
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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