Posts in 'Film'

"4Her" follows a young Haitian woman who, fixated on her parents’ fractured past, must confront the weight she’s carried for years before it destroys the most important relationship she's nurturing, the relationship to herself.

"Barrio Television" tells the story of Puerto Rican activists who, in a fight for authentic stories and media power, created "Realidades," the first bilingual Latino series in U.S. history.

In "Food for the Soul," a first-generation Nigerian-American and her Black-American partner must decide between being true to themselves or trying to live up to their families’ expectations.

"Achegety Yvy / Earth Alphabet" is an experimental film where an artist weaves ancestral knowledge and words from the Guaraní language to create a landscape of ideas to explore her relationship to her homeland and culture despite the distance created by childhood immigration.

"War DoctoRyan: Ukraine" gives viewers access to Unit 25, a hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine, for soldiers evacuated from the war frontlines. The film follows doctors Maksym, Lyosha, and Eugene as they fight to save lives while undermanned, under-resourced, and under enemy attack.

To support the creation of short video and audio that highlights the stories and efforts of immigrant individuals, families, and rapid response teams in Montgomery County and Philadelphia.

To support the online edition of the “Late(ish) Poetry Show,” which seeks to develop and amplify the work of poets who personalize, document, and resist the cultural and material impacts of fascism.

To support the “With All Due Respect Campaign,” a worker-led fight to regulate Philadelphia’s temporary workers industry and amplify the voices of Black and formerly incarcerated workers navigating exploitative labor conditions.

To support "Voices of 52nd Street,Then & Now: A Community Archive and Celebration," which seeks to document and preserve the vital voices that contributed to the thriving of the historic West Philadelphia corridor and community, past and present, in the face of stifling gentrification and erasure.

To amplify the stories of Native Americans in Philadelphia, honoring the Native American people of the past who originally inhabited the region, and highlighting the voices, culture, and contributions of present-day Native communities living in the city today.