Scribe Video Center is a non-profit media arts center founded in 1982, with a focus on participatory community filmmaking
We are located in West Philadelphia at 3908 Lancaster Avenue
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Friday, February 6, 2026, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
FOR VENIDA, FOR KALIEF follows the legacy of Kalief Browder via the poetry of his mother, Venida in an unfolding poetic journey between past, present, and future. The film weaves a cinematic mosaic collage of verité, poetic visuals, and rare archival imagery from 1970s New York - a bold reimagining of criminal justice storytelling, while revealing how an individual’s life—and afterlife—can transcend boundaries to ignite social and cultural change once thought unattainable.
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Thursday, February 12, 2026. 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Muslim Voices is a national community history project founded by Scribe Video Center to highlight and celebrate the presence, history, contributions, and challenges of African American Muslims in America. Express Newark's Community Media Center (CMC), in collaboration with Scribe, launched Muslim Voices of Newark, to support African American Muslim communities in developing their own documentary projects.
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WPEB 88.1FM is a member-supported, noncommercial, community radio station that provides West Philadelphia with a much-needed local, progressive, and accountable media outlet serving as a voice for its many diverse communities.
Interested in becoming a broadcaster?
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Applications Due on March 15, 2026
The Philadelphia Student Mediamaker Fund awards grants to Philadelphia area student media makers who want to produce a digital video or audio project.
Undergraduate Student Award & Makers affiliated with a media-making training institution- awards up to $1,000
Graduate Student Award - awards up to $1,500
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PLEASE SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY MEDIA!
Your donation will help us reach our goal of raising $50,000!
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Screenings
From July 24–27, 2025, Scribe Video Center presents the inaugural North Philly History Festival—a four-day, free public celebration activating historic sites with photography exhibitions, video installations, film screenings, panel discussions, walking tours, and live performances.
North Philadelphia History Festival
Through the Precious Places Community History Project, each group will plan, shoot, and edit a video about their “precious place” with the help of a filmmaker and a research scholar hired by Scribe. While these facilitators will work closely with participants throughout the course of production, the work itself—the planning, writing, and filming—will be done by members of the community groups.
Precious Places
The Documentary History Project for Youth is an annual after-school, weekend, and summertime digital media production workshop for middle and high school students. Each year, youth participants create short documentary films as a way to explore some aspect of the social, political, and cultural history of Philadelphia.
Documentary History Project for Youth
Power Politics is an oral history project organized by Scribe Video Center, exploring strategies for political empowerment by historically disenfranchised communities, specifically interviewing organizers, activists, strategists, and leaders in the Black, Puerto Rican, Asian-American, and other economically disadvantaged communities.
Power Politics
WPEB - West Philadelphia’s Community Radio Station
Broadcasting live from Scribe, WPEB is an independent, noncommercial community radio station dedicated to reflecting, representing, incorporating, empowering, and serving West Philadelphia. Tune in on 88.1 FM, 95.1 FM, or here on the live stream.
