Street Movies! with Friends of Vernon Park & Germantown Info Hub

Scribe Video Center presents the 28th annual year of Street Movies! This film screening and performance series tours outdoor community spaces across Philadelphia every August with a program of independent short films from local, national, and international filmmakers, curated in partnership with neighborhood-based organizations. All events are family-friendly and open to the public.

Join us for this free outdoor screening in partnership with and . Join us for a live performance and a screening of five short films, followed by a community discussion.

7:30 pm - Poetry by Ursula Rucker

8:00 pm - Film Program & Discussion

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Film Program:

SUDDENLY TV dir. Roopa Gogineni (2022, Sudan, Qatar, 19 min)

A group of young revolutionaries creates an imaginary television station at a besieged sit-in. What begins as play becomes an urgent conjuring of a new Sudan.

SHATTERED MEMORY dir. Hayat Laban (2024, Palestine, 14 min)

Dig through photojournalist Mahfouz Abu Turk’s memories and archives, where he thoroughly documented his experiences in Jerusalem and the West Bank from the First Intifada in 1987 throughout the next decade.

GOOD GRIEF FILM PROJECT Produced by SIFTMedia 215 Collective (2024)

• They Say… dir. M. Asli Dukan: A poet travels the city alone as she laments on her past experiences and contemplates the whereabouts of her PEACE.
• Freedom… dir. DaSaint: A poet, confronted with her personal struggle for food security, connects the personal with community and societal dis-ease and offers hope for FREEDOM.
• In Living Memory… dir. Rae Shaw: In this experimental documentary animated short, a nonbinary adult grieves the loss of their father and their unresolved conflicts.

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For over two decades now, Street Movies! has been a great way for people to gather together, engage with independent film, and foster discussion around the cultural histories of their neighborhoods and issues affecting their communities. All screenings are free, open to the public, and family-friendly.

Host or Publisher Scribe Video Center