A Celebration of the Film Work of Toni Cade Bambara

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Scribe Video Center celebrates the work of writer, activist, feminist, and filmmaker Toni Cade Bambara with two film focused programs on Thursday, December 13 and Friday, December 14. Already the acclaimed writer of The Salt Eaters and Gorilla, My Love and editor of The Black Woman, Bambara taught at Scribe Video Center from 1986 to 1995. A major influence on the independent film community, nationally and internationally, she had a particularly strong impact on media makers in Philadelphia - notably women and people of Color.

Scribe was founded in December 1982 as a place where people could explore, develop and advance the use of electronic media, including video and audio, as artistic media and as tools for progressive social change. So, it is with much pride that Scribe Video Center begins its 25th anniversary year with a celebration of Bambara's film work and her enduring influence.

Savoring the Salt - A Celebration of the Film Work of Toni Cade Bambara

Thursday, December 13 at 7:00 pm
Fundraiser Cocktail Reception for Scribe at 5:30 pm
International House, 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Tickets range from $10 - $100
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Savoring the Salt - A Celebration of the Film Work of Toni Cade Bambara will celebrate Bambara's life and work with a lively panel featuring Linda Janet Holmes and Cheryl A. Wall, editors of the new book Savoring The Salt: The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara (Temple University Press); poet Sonia Sanchez ; filmmaker Louis Massiah ; cinematographer Arthur Jafa, and cultural writer Dr. Clyde Taylor, all who discuss their experiences of working with Bambara and her cultural impact. The evening will conclude with a rare public screening of The Bombing of Osage Avenue (1986, 58 min), produced and directed by Louis Massiah for WHYY TV 12, written and narrated by Toni Cade Bambara.

Savoring the Salt - A Celebration of the Film Work of Toni Cade Bambara is presented in partnership with Film at International House and Temple University Press.

Toni Cade Bambara Narrates

Friday, December 14 at 7:00 pm
Scribe Video Center, 4212 Chestnut Street
$5, Free for Scribe members

Scribe presents the program Toni Cade Bambara Narrates as part of the monthly exhibition series, Storyville. The evening features two films Bambara narrated. John Akomfrah's Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993, 52 min), an homage to a towering figure in the African-American freedom struggle, collects testimonies, eyewitness accounts and dramatic reenactments to tell the life, legacy, loves, and losses of Malcolm X. Also screening is Philadelphia filmmaker, Nadine Patterson's Anna Russell Jones: Praise Songs for a Pioneering Spirit (1993, 26 min), about an African-American woman who made great strides in the early 20th century as a textile designer, World War II veteran and nurse.