Scribe Video Center

Five powerful short films explore the resilience of kinship and communities for neighborhoods in Philadelphia: Villa African Cólobo (USA, 2006, 11 min) by Grupo Motivos, North Philadelphia Villa Africana Cólobo is a place where community members gather to learn about...

POSTCARDS FROM TORA BORA by Wazhmah Osman & Kelly Dolak (USA, 2007, 87 min) At the height of the Cold War, the Osman family frantically escapes from Afghanistan, leaving almost everything behind. After two decades of living in America, Wazhmah...

Join us for a presentation of selected films from the archive of the South Side Home Movie Project (SSHMP), an initiative to collect, preserve, digitize, exhibit, and research home movies made by residents of Chicago’s South Side. Launched by Jacqueline...

“You, WE, are the Activists” Please join us to celebrate new works from the 2019 Documentary History Project for Youth. Produced collaboratively, the teens examined the acts of “Youth Activism” with an eye on the historic relationship between young people...

Join us for the Premiere screening of seven new documentaries produced by community groups in Philadelphia, Chester and Camden, NJ in collaboration with Scribe Video Center. The works include documentaries on Vare Recreation Center in Grays Ferry, Greenlawn Cemetery in...