Singing in the Light of God by Adrian Connor (USA, Work in Progress, 20 minutes) Preceded by Church of the Advocate, produced through Scribe’s Precious Places program (USA, 2018, 10 minutes) A queer
Screenings
The Wolf (USA, 2000, 55 minutes) Peter Nicks’ first hour-long documentary and most intimate project, The Wolf is a fearless chronicle of the filmmaker’s own drug addiction, trafficking, and ultimate
Homeroom (USA, 2021, 90 minutes) Homeroom follows a group of seniors at Oakland High School into spring 2020. Already facing hardships of poverty, displacement, fear of deportation, and intimidation
The Waiting Room (USA, 2012, 81 minutes) Shortlisted for the Oscar, The Waiting Room spends 24 hours in the emergency room at Oakland’s Highland public hospital, a nationally recognized training
(USA, 2025, 98 minutes) The co-founders of Black Voters Matter travel across the country in their beloved “Blackest Bus in America” to mobilize Black communities ahead of the 2020 election, empowering
Saving Etting Street by Dena Fisher and Amy Scott (USA, 2025, 67 minutes) preceded by Elder Abuse in Housing, a project of Scribe's Primary Source participatory journalism project (USA, 2024, 5
Tribute to Christine Choy Loose Pages Bound: Asian Americans in the Delaware Valley by Christine Choy and Third World Newsreel with JT Takagi (USA, 1978, 56 minutes) Co-sponsored by the Philadelphia
Amazing Grace: YorubaWorlds by Raynald Leconte (USA, 2025, 65 minutes) Amazing Grace: YorubaWorlds chronicles the enduring legacy of Yoruba civilization and its profound global influence. Following
Please join us at the ICA to view and celebrate new works from the 2026 Documentary History Project for Youth. For this year’s theme, Sites of Remembrance, student filmmakers researched and
She Dared to Dream: Ayanna Pressley (USA, 2025, 28 minutes) and Judges Under Fire (USA, 2026, 24 minutes) She Dared to Dream is a powerful portrait of Ayanna Pressley, the first Black woman elected to
A Good Eye: Capturing Joy by Floyd Webb (USA, 2026, 60 minutes) In his latest film, Chicago-based Media Renaissance Man Floyd Webb examines the largely untold history of Black photography in Chicago
The Story of Karen & Omar Askia Ali by Julie Flandreau and Juliette Rando with Karen Ali (USA, Work in Progress, 20 minutes) When Karen fell in love with Omar Askia Ali, he was serving a life sentence
Join us for the Scribe premiere of four digital media works created in 2026 for the John Coltrane centenary and North Philadelphia History Festival including: A Supreme Love (USA, 21 min), ft. Steven
Philly Rumba by Melissa Beatriz and Andres Cisneros (USA, 2026, 25 minutes) preceded by Kulu Mele: Legacy in Motion, produced through Scribe’s Precious Places program (USA, 14 minutes) In Philly Rumba