Wednesday,
April 7, 2010
Scribe
Video Center
Precious
Places Community History Project 2010 Premiere
Join us for a celebration
of eight new works, co-produced by Scribe and community groups
from Philadelphia and Coatesville.
Since they began working last summer,
seven groups in Philadelphia and one in Coatesville have explored
area archives, interviewed community elders, and edited their
unique neighborhood histories into 8-minute videos—producing
the latest documentaries in a growing Precious Places series.
While these rich histories offer a powerful retrospective of
some quickly changing communities, they also provide critical
insight into the social forces that continue to shape the neighborhoods
around us.
El Centro de
Oro
Produced by Raices
Culturales Latinoamericanes, Taller Puertorriqueno, HACE CDC
This corridor of Latino business, arts, and culture challenges
frequent media stereotypes of Kensington.
Engine 11
Produced by members
of the Philadelphia Fire Department and descendants of Engine
11 employees
A once all-black fire station’s surviving firemen describe a
history of segregation.
First Presbyterian
Church
Produced by members of First Presbyterian Church in Germantown
Congregants of a Germantown
church reflect on its 200-year commitment to the community.
Girard Estate
Produced by Girard
Estate Area Residents & Girard Estate Neighborhood Association
Generations of neighborhood
residents compare their divergent experiences of living in Stephen
Girard’s former South Philadelphia estate.
Passtown Baptist
Church and the Hayti Community
Produced by members of Passtown Baptist Church
Amidst the racial discrimination
of the past century, Hayti and its church was an oasis for African
Americans in Coatesville.
Southwest Belmont
Community Association Building
Produced by the Southwest Belmont Community Association
A YWCA founded by black
church women in 1920 struggles inside a gentrifying South Philadelphia
neighborhood.
Sydney King
School of Dance
Produced by the
711 Precious Places Group
Sydney King trained
world-recognized dancers, shaping the direction of American
performance at her studio on South Broad.
Wynnefield
Neighborhood
Produced by the
Wynnefield Residents Association
Residents reflect on
300 years of peaceful neighborhood transitions.
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