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New Workshops
Posted March 20th, 2008 by Scribe Video Center
Long time independent media advocate Alyce Myatt presents a workshop on film fundraising Who's Funding What and Why?; local indie maker Richard Power Hoffman will share his techniques for Time-lapse Filmmaking ; and one of the world’s premiere independent filmmakers John Sayles and his producing partner Maggie Renzi return to Scribe for a master class on independent filmmaking and distribution. Go to Workshops for more details.
Street Movies! Undercover
Posted January 24th, 2008 by Scribe Video Center
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This program of award-winning short film and video takes us from a park in South Philadelphia to a coffee shop in San Francisco's Tenderloin and from the steppe country of Central Asia to the city of Dubai in United Arab Emirates. Along our journey, we are reminded of the resilience and perseverance of culture under hostile, sometimes brutal conditions, and the essential role of independent media in political education and organizing.
Films with a Sense of Place
Posted January 24th, 2008 by InternLocation(s)
This program assembles short films inspired by a sense of place. Alison Crouse’s Farewell, Silk City (2007, 20 min) is a valentine to this landmark Philly diner known for its bread pudding and credo "eat it and beat." Richard Power Hoffman’s Prayer for Philadelphia (2007, 5 min), grand prize winner in Great Expectations film competition, is a poetic musing on his aspirations for our City.
Maquilapolis (city of factories)
Posted January 24th, 2008 by Intern
Bay area filmmaker Vicky Funari, (Live Nude Girls Unite!, Paulina) recently relocated to the Philadelphia area, will screen her film Maquilapolis (2006, 68 min, in Spanish with subtitles) which she made with Sergio De La Torre, factory workers in Tijuana, and community organizations in Mexico and the U.S. They collaborated on a film that depicts globalization through the eyes of the women who live on its leading edge.
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Vicky Funari is a filmmaker whose work focuses primarily on the lives of working people and on the complex identities of today's culturally mixed and dynamic migratory populations. Funari produced, directed and edited the acclaimed non-fiction feature film PAULINA, which has screened in over 30 of the world's most prestigious film festivals, including Sundance, Locarno, Havana and Amsterdam.
Among numerous awards, PAULINA received a Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 San Francisco International Film Festival and Lifetime Television's Vision Award at the 1998 Hamptons Film Festival. PAULINA aired on the Sundance Channel in 2000.
Most recently, Funari co-directed and edited the documentary LIVE NUDE GIRLS UNITE!, a fierce and funny account of the first successful strippers' union in the country. This film premiered at the 2000 SXSW Film Festival, won a Golden Spire and the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival, enjoyed a national theatrical release, aired on Cinemax in 2001, and is now in home video release on both VHS and DVD.
black.womyn:conversations...
Posted January 24th, 2008 by Intern
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Tiona.m’s new documentary black.womyn:conversations... (2007, 96 min) is a collage of candid interviews with Black Lesbians discussing coming out, sexuality and religion, love and relationships, marriage, patriarchy, visibility in media, discrimination and homophobia, activism, gender identity, balancing gender/race/sexuality, and, finally, what it means to call oneself a Black lesbian today.
Community Media in the Americas
Posted January 24th, 2008 by Intern
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The evening will begin at 6:00 PM with a panel featuring DeeDee Halleck, professor, media activist and founder of Paper Tiger TV; Charlene Gilbert, documentary filmmaker and director of the Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women at the University of Toledo, George Yúdice, University of Miami and Louis Massiah, documentary filmmaker and Executive Director of Scribe.
PIFVA presents New Works by Philly Makers
Posted January 24th, 2008 by Intern
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For over 15 years the Philadelphia Independent Film Video Association has supported the completion of independent films through the PIFVA Subsidy Grant program. This evening showcases a varied collection of well crafted and original short narratives and documentary works-in-progress made by recent PIFVA Subsidy Grant recipients.
New Works Produced at Scribe
Posted January 7th, 2008 by Gretjen
Central to Scribe’s workshops is the creation of new work. This programs features recent videos completed by participants in our 14-week production workshop.
In Ethel Paris’ Rank and File Sisters (2007, 9 min) women recount their experiences as members of the Black Panther Party in the 1970s and how that time influences them today.
Ife Williams’ Africa is Not Zoo (2007, 14 min) focuses on game parks in Southern Africa and how they have displaced the local populations and given animals preferential treatment over people.
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Street Movies! Undercover
Posted September 21st, 2007 by Gretjen
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This family friendly screening features short films from points of origin as far as São Paulo Brazil to as close as Frankford Avenue. The evening will include a selection of videos recently produced through Scribe’s community programs including the neighborhood premiere of The Movement: The Story of Philadelphia’s Settlement Houses (2007, 30 minutes) which was researched, written, shot and edited by 9 youth filmmakers as part of Scribe’s Documentary History Project for Youth. Filmmakers will be present to talk about their videos.
New Works Produced at Scribe
Posted September 20th, 2007 by GretjenLocation(s)
Central to Scribe’s workshops is the creation of new work. This programs features recent videos completed by participants in our 14-week production workshop. In Ethel Paris’ Rank and File Sisters (2007, 9 min) women recount their experiences as members of the Black Panther Party in the 1970s and how that time influences them today.
