Posts in 'Movement Media'

To teach aspiring organizers how to shift prevailing narratives around policing and mass incarceration through workshops, abolitionist media production training, and the development and distribution of the multimodal Abolition Journal.

To strengthen the No Arena in Chinatown campaign by creating and distributing videos and print media, and training young leaders to support multigenerational, multicultural, and multilingual narratives.

To support Zainab Sultan’s film, Stand up for Madinah, with a grant for post-production needs.

To celebrate and amplify the voices of Philadelphia's immigrant communities by hosting a series of “Expanding Sanctuary” film screenings that highlight stories, foster cultural exchange, and promote social justice.

To continue the Philly Movement Media Fellowship that supports young storytellers from marginalized communities impacted by the criminal legal system to be in control of their own stories and reinvent the media narrative around policing.

Supplemental grant to support the general operations of Spiral Q, which integrates community storytelling to build strong and equitable communities characterized by creativity, joy, can-do attitudes, and the courage to act on their convictions.

To continue building community media infrastructure for political education, mobilization, and narrative power in Philadelphia.

“Stand Up for Madinah” follows Delaware's first female Muslim legislator, Madinah Wilson-Anton, as she challenges the Biden administration on the ongoing war in Gaza. When not confronting the establishment, Madinah spends her spare time at local comedy clubs trying to find success as a standup comedian.

A personal film told from the perspective of a Philadelphia woman who grew up in a Orthodox Jewish community that supports Israel unconditionally, "The Rabbis' Intifada" follows the journeys of four Orthodox rabbis as they speak out in support of Palestinian liberation.

To support Philadelphia-based cinema spaces and audiences for stories of individuals and communities that are often underrepresented in mainstream cinema.