Thursday,
October 25 at 7pm
Scribe
Video Center
Documentary
History Project for Youth Video Premiere
The
Movement: The Story of Philadelphia’s Settlement Houses
USA,
2007, video, 20 mins, color
Come
early to mix and mingle at the prescreening reception at 6pm
 The
roots of the Settlement Movement began in Chicago with Jane
Addams and came to Philadelphia
in
the late 1800’s, a time which bristled with the same issues
that modern cities face today – fabulous wealth next to crushing
poverty, crime, the lack of social services, powerful institutions,
ignorance, gentrification, politics, good intentions, and the
ever-present need for good education.
As
it was a century ago, a large part of the constituency of today's
settlement houses in Philadelphia – the Wharton Settlement,
the Houston Center, Settlement Music School, Germantown Settlement,
Lutheran Settlement and the Lighthouse – consist of young people.
This was a natural point of entry for these 12 young filmmakers.
They worked collectively to conceive, research, write, shoot
and edit this documentary which looks at the history of these
institutions that provided food, warmth in the winter, education,
culture, and political clout – a voice for thousands and thousands
of the city's poor and disenfranchised residents.
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