CONTACT US: Scribe Video Center 4212 Chestnut Street
3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104 215 222 4201 inq...@scribe.org Hours of Operation: Monday through Friday 11:00 am to 7:00 pm (9:00 pm on workshop nights) |
Like us on Facebook!
| ![]() |
|
| | Eye of the Storm: The Films of Michelle Parkerson (April 30 - May 1) |
![]() Join Scribe as we proudly present a series of retrospective screenings and a Master Class to celebrate Michelle Parkerson's groundbreaking film work. Among the first African American women filmmakers to explore the intersections between race, gender, LGBT sexual identity, and class, Michelle Parkerson's impressive body of work contains portraits of jazz musician Betty Carter, a cappella innovators "Sweet Honey in the Rock," and poet Audre Lorde. Screening Schedule Tuesday, April 30, 5:00PM @ International House A Litany For Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde Tickets: $10, $8 students/seniors, $5 Scribe members Tuesday, April 30, 6:00PM @ International House Artist reception with Michelle Parkerson Free and open to the public ![]() Tuesday April 30, 7:00PM @ International House Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box and ...But Then, She's Betty Carter Tickets: $10, $8 students/seniors, $5 Scribe members Wednesday, May 1, 8:00PM @ Scribe Video Center Odds and Ends and Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock Tickets: $10, $8 students/seniors, $5 Scribe members Presented in partnership with International House Philadelphia, Third World Newsreel, Women Make Movies, Department of Film & Media Arts at Temple University, Leeway Foundation, and BlackStar Film Festival. |
Master Class with Michelle Parkerson: Creative Process and Coming Attractions ![]() Wednesday, May 1 5:30PM-7:30PM Scribe Video Center 4212 Chestnut Street
Fee: $25, $15 for Scribe members
Michelle Parkerson examines milestones in her documentary career from concept to production. This class will contrast nonfiction strategies with Parkerson's current endeavors as a screenwriter - using fictional narratives to explore the less celebrated histories of African American women, as well as speculative fictions to create visions for the future.More Info |
Anne Papillault & Jean-François Dars: Documenting the World from Urban Uprisings to High Energy-Neutrinos ![]() Thursday, May 2 7:00PM-9:00PM Scribe Video Center 4212 Chestnut Street
Fee: $10, Free for Scribe Members and Temple Film and Media Arts faculty, students, and staff Documentary filmmakers Anne Papillault and Jean-François Dars will discuss their work and their current approach to media making. Defined as "activist videomakers," their early work in video and film was created in support of the general strikes of May 1968 in France. Dars and Papillault worked closely with documentary filmmaker Chris Marker. Their recent "Short Story" series uses still photos and audio interviews as a means to understand how scientists think, work, and create. More Info Presented in partnership with Temple Film and Media Arts and the Slought Foundation. |
Planning a Low-Budget Documentary ![]() Starts May 2 Thursdays, 7:00PM-9:00PM Scribe Video Center 4212 Chestnut St.
Instructor: Anula Shetty
This intensive workshop is designed for people who want to work in small-format video (DV, miniDV and HDV). We will focus on how to creatively develop and break down your idea into a one-page treatment and introduce materials to create project production schedules and a sample budget. This is the ideal workshop for first-time videomakers at the start of their projects. More Info |
Multi Media for the Web ![]() Starts May 8 Wednesdays, 7:00PM-9:00PM Scribe Video Center 4212 Chestnut St. Instructor: Laura Deutch Fee: $125 Learn to how create a website with easy-to-use and free online tools! This class is a survey of accessible Open Source tools and management systems for working with text, audio, images and video on the web. Students will understand how to build websites for diverse content needs. This workshop will guide participants through the steps of creating a blog and then add moving images to their sites. More info |
Sonia Sanchez: Where Writing Comes From ![]() Starts June 3 Scribe Video Center 4212 Chestnut St.
Fee: $120, $96 for Scribe Members
Over three sessions, Ms. Sanchez will help participants find their voice through the process of creating a performance monologue. Workshop participants are invited to come with an idea, an image or experience that they would like to explore and write about. Finished works may be a performance work or as the script for an audio or video piece. More Info |
Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro ![]() Starts June 4 Tuesdays, 7:00PM-9:00PM Scribe Video Center 4212 Chestnut St.
Instructor: Ryan Saunders Fee: $195
Premiere Pro works on both PC and MAC systems. Through hands-on exercises, this workshop will teach students how to import, manage, and encode media; efficiently navigate Premiere's workflow; and make use of editing tools for effects and transitions. Students will also learn how to encode projects for distribution via web, disc and mobile devices. More Info |
Oral History for Documentary Film and Beyond ![]() Starts June 6 Thursdays, 7:00PM-9:00PM Scribe Video Center 4212 Chestnut St.
Instructor: Charles Hardy Fee: $90
This series of four workshops will provide participants an introduction to oral history, including project design, interview preparation and question lists, ethics and law, interviewing techniques, collecting supporting documents, the construction of memory, presentation in multiple media, and the preparing of materials for an archive. More Info |
| Not Home: A documentary about kids living in nursing facilities ![]()
Not Home: A documentary about kids living in nursing facilities is a 99-minute film that examines the complex national phenomenon of children with a disability living in nursing homes and state-run institutions. Many parents feel forced to make the decision to institutionalize their medically fragile child. Filmmaker Narcel Reedus will be on hand for Q&A following the screening. |
|
| The programs at Scribe Video Center are made possible by support from the William Penn Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts: Access to Artistic Excellence, Wyncote Foundation, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Heritage Philadelphia Program, the Philadelphia Foundation: Fund for Children, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, PNC Arts Alive, Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial, Seybert Foundation, Lincoln Financial Foundation, the Barra Foundation, Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation, Samuel S. Fels Fund, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the Rosenlund Family Foundation, the Douty Foundation, the Arkay Foundation, Union Benevolent Association, and the Lomax Family Foundation.
|
|
|
