Wednesday, November 2, 6:00 PM

Location(s): Swarthmore College - Lang Performance Center

 

Standing at the Scratch Line – dir. Julie Dash (Experimental, 2016, 10 min)  

Traveling between churches in Philadelphia and South Carolina, Dash creates a cinematic tone poem about returning to sacred spaces of departure and arrival.

 

Eason – dir. Kevin Jerome Everson (Experimental, 2016, 15 min)

Eason is loosely based on the life of James Walker Hood Eason (1886-1923), a leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) of Philadelphia.

 

When We Came Up Here – dir. Tina Morton (Documentary, 2016, 12 min)

Morton, a Scribe alumni, explores how The Philadelphia Tribune played an important role in helping migrants navigate their new home.

 

Improvement Association – dir. Kevin Jerome Everson (Documentary, 2016, 12 min)

In the film, Malik Hudgins, a long-time member of the UNIA of Philadelphia, talks about his life and advocacy work.

 

Finding Home: The Ruth L. Bennett Story – by current and former residents of Ruth L. Bennett Homes - Chester Housing Authority  (Documentary, 2016, 11 min)

This profile of a historic landmark looks at the role of the Ruth L. Bennett Home for Women and Girl as a safe haven in Chester, PA for newly arrived migrants from the South.

The film was edited at Swarthmore College.

 

 

CONTACT:   alex@scribe.org   215-222-4201

 

Cost: Free