The Art of Tone and Staging a Home: Workshop with Set Decorator Nya Patrinos
A Filmmaker’s Workshop presented by SIFTMedia 215 Collective and Independence Public Media Foundation.
Date: Sunday March 6, 2022
Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Place: Virtual (Zoom)
Cost: Free
Meet set decorator Nya Patrinos who’s work can be seen on popular series such as: The Morning Show, Transparent, Dear White People and most recently Pam & Tommy. She will discuss the pivotal role that the production design and art department play in film and television…
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URSULA RUCKER VIRTUAL Pop-up Memoir Poetry & Performance Intensive Workshop
SEE THE RECAP AND PERFORMANCES – click HERE
January 28, January 29, January 30, 2022 (Times Vary)
Critical Renewing of Thee (“a different kind of” CRT):
Pop-up Memoir Poetry & Performance Intensive.
This intensive word/ thought/ emotion, self-truth-culling, seeks to be a journey of healing, art, therapy, and authentic conversations about life that will result in the creation of individual works/excerpts of EPIC memoir poetry.
Ursula is holding space for 25 individuals
who want to start 2022 UP
with a transformative, 3-day, deep-dive, self-healing, writing/creativity experience.
One with an atmosphere of liberated self-expression/mutual aid
support/organic safety … and JOY.
3 Day Spiritual Workshop:
Session 1 Writing Workshop
Friday, January 28th, Time: 6pm – 9pm – to be held virtually on Zoom
- Introduction
- Diving into Memoir
- Writing Session
Session 2 Writing Workshop
Saturday, January 29th, Time: 2pm – 5pm – to be held virtually on Zoom
- Writing Sessions (one with live music)
- Break-out Rooms
- Ursula Feedback
- Assistant Feedback/support
- Production Room (preparing for performance)
Session 3 Writing and Performance Workshop
Sunday, January 30th, Time: 1pm – 4pm to be held virtually on Zoom
- Writing Sessions
- Break-out Rooms
- Ursula Feedback
- Assistant Feedback/support
- Production Room (final preparations for performance)
Break (4pm – 6pm)
Session 3 (Part 2) Live Performance
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, to be held virtually on Zoom. Each participant who wishes to perform, performs live streamed on YouTube.
Registration via Eventbrite
Price: $150 per person for complete workshop (Must make a 3 Day Commitment)
Note: SIFTMedia215 is offering a limited number of sliding scale/scholarship pricing ($100 for 3 SIFT Members and $50.00 for Students with valid student ID) Please email siftmedia215@gmail.com to inquire.
Filmmakers Workshop: PUBLIC TV 103: Planning Ahead and Preparing Your Film for Public Television 12/9/2021 7pm Virtual
Attn Filmmakers: Have you thought about having your film reach thousands of people at once? Not Netflix, Amazon or Hulu, rather Public Broadcasting!
SIFTMedia 215 Collective presents another insightful filmmaker’s Workshop with WHYY TV 12 Program Director Sreedevi Sripathy this virtual evening will consist of Test Cases where Sreedevi will answer questions from filmmakers who’s work is in Post-Production and “Ready for Packaging” taking them through the next steps.
We’ll also discuss steps pre-production, tips like asking for a Letter of Interest from your local PBS station, this is extremely valuable when fundraising for your film! AND MORE
Date: Thursday, December 9th 7pm ET
This filmmaker workshop will help you prepare to have a successful festival run and to determine what that means for you.
MISSION: The SIFTMedia 215 Collective is a cooperative that centers Black and Latinx women-identified independent media artists who work in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As filmmakers, we seek to educate ourselves and the wider community by creating socially conscious, culturally relevant work that challenges mainstream narratives and structures.
Our mission is to use our collective strength to amplify the work of and create meaningful opportunities for Black and Latinx Women content creators by providing a community of support to share resources, skills, and creative space.
Eboni Zamani‘s film COLD KILL will screen at Ritz Five Thurs. October, 21, 2021 as part of 3 Piece Pictures Presents:
A Cold Kill, Hearts to the Sun and Dear Life, You Suck!
3 Piece Pictures Presents: is a collective of filmmakers that presents the independent films and media of Black filmmakers in the Philadelphia region at local theaters and arts venues. For this screening at:
Landmark’s Ritz Five
214 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
We’re offering people in the Philadelphia region or those visiting the city, the opportunity to support independent Black film online or in-person at local venues to support the recovery of artists and small businesses from the impact of COVID-19.
Q&A will Follow – REGISTER
Also check out our 5 Questions Interviews of all 3 Filmmakers
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Shameka S.L. Sawyer has her first short GRWM (Get Ready With Me) premiering October 23, 2021 – part of Film Premiere for #Trending – 5 films part of a social media thriller anthology.
Each of the films featured have horror themes connected to social media. Q&A with filmmakers follows
More Info/Tickets
HOW TO PRODUCE A FILM IN PHILLY
Thursday, October 28, 2021
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Are you a storyteller in Philadelphia who would like to turn your film idea into a reality? This workshop can help you get started.
PUBLIC TELEVISION 102 WORKSHOP
September 9, 2021
Time: 7pm
Earlier this spring SIFTMedia and IPMF invited filmmakers to come get to know our friendly regional Public Television Programmers! We wanted to give Filmmakers the opportunity to learn the in’s and out’s of getting their work on regional & national PBS.
It was a lively and informative event with great feedback. So much so, Sreedevi Sripathy, Director of Programming and Production at WHYY TV12 wants to have a follow up workshop for those that were in attendance at Public Television 101: A Filmmaker’s Guide to Navigating Public Television from the Tri-State Area. She’s looking to form new relationships with local filmmakers and have an opportunity to provide an overview of WHYY’s current slate of independent short films.
This will give attendees a better chance to ask questions like –
How do I submit ?
What length of work will WHYY TV12 accept?
If my program is accepted, when can I expect it to air?
Do stations pay for content?
Do I have to provide Closed Captioning before I submit?
What are the technical specs required? etc…
Moderator: Nadine Patterson, Independent Producer HipCinema and Co-Founder SIFTMedia 215 Collective.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE
Attendees of PBS 101 will receive an email invite to Register. SIFT Members may invite anyone they feel will benefit from the evening.
Sreedevi Sripathy, Director of Programming and Production at WHYY TV12 https://whyy.org
Sreedevi is the Director of Production and Programming WHYY-TV, where she leads efforts to grow the impact of WHYY’s television service on people of the Philadelphia region, in the nation’s fourth largest media market. Previously she worked at the Independent Television Service (ITVS), as the Managing Director of Distribution and Content Management, working with independent filmmakers, public television distributors and digital partners on the distribution of independent documentaries representing underserved voices and audiences. She supported the presentation of the Emmy award winning weekly series Independent Lens on PBS and the international documentary series, Global Voices on the WORLD channel. Sreedevi holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego.
About SIFTMedia 215 Collective, https://siftmedia215.org/ : The SIFTMedia 215 Collective is a cooperative that centers Black and Latinx women-identified independent media artists who work in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As filmmakers, we seek to educate ourselves and the wider community by creating socially conscious, culturally relevant work that challenges mainstream narratives and structures. Our mission is to use our collective strength to amplify the work of and create meaningful opportunities for Black and Latinx Women content creators by providing a community of support to share resources, skills, and creative space.
SIFTMedia 215 is support by individual donors and by Independence Public Media Foundaton, https://independencemedia.org/
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Soulful Screenwriting:
Connecting to Self, Character, and Story
VIDEO EXCERPTS RECAP
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2021
Time: 7-9pm
Place: Virtual Workshop
REGISTER (Free)
Join SIFTER Stephanie Malson (@slminspired) for our next workshop exploring the connections between story & character in scriptwriting.
SOULFUL SCREENWRITING is an intermediate workshop for writers and filmmakers who need support around the drafting of a screenplay-in-progress. The workshop aims to hone in on the connections between You, your characters, and crafting a dynamic story.
Attendees will learn timeless techniques for building dimensional characters and enhanced scenes that will make your script come alive.
This is an interactive workshop where questions are encouraged. Writers are also encouraged to bring two pages of a current screenplay for constructive feedback.
STEPHANIE MALSON is an Adjunct Professor at Temple University teaching Creative Scriptwriting. She’s also a cinematographer, writer, and producer with over 16 years experience in developing content for varying independent, non-profit, and corporate entities. She is currently in development on a short narrative film Slow Burn and is also in post-production on a feature documentary Ulrick, which she is co-producing. The documentary chronicles the life of New Orleans based, Haitian painter, Ulrick Jean Pierre. Her cinematography was recently featured in the short experimental film We Are Free Because of Harriet Tubman, which was an official BlackStar Film Festival selection. Stephanie holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Rosemont College.
MISSION STATEMENT
The SIFTMedia 215 Collective is a cooperative that centers Black and Latinx women-identified independent media artists who work in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As filmmakers, we seek to educate ourselves and the wider community by creating socially conscious, culturally relevant work that challenges mainstream narratives and structures. Our mission is to use our collective strength to amplify the work of and create meaningful opportunities for Black and Latinx Women content creators by providing a community of support to share resources, skills, and creative space.
VIDEO EXCERPTS RECAP
RECAP 6.20.21: Nadine led our Free Virtual Workshop Open to the Public called Metaphysical Cinematography: Translating Emotions into Moving Images. It was a beautiful & informative look into Cinematography with some technical aspects, but more importantly, Nadine encouraged attendees to take an emotional look behind the camera.
6.17.21 Filmmakers Workshop METAPHYSICAL CINEMATOGRAPHY: Translating Emotions into Moving Images
Date: Thursday, June 17, 2021
Time: 7-8:45pm
Place: Virtual Workshop (Zoom)
FREE REGISTER
This 90-minute workshop is a chance for Directors who also are Cinematographers to share their insights and experiences behind the camera. This open discussion on how to use the medium of film to capture emotion, story, character and place is for the intermediate filmmaker who has made one or more digital films and has an interest in exploring their craft.
Filmmaker Nadine Patterson will share her lessons from four masters of cinematography (people she learned from or worked with in real life and whose films/work she loves):
MIKE BOYER: KYW TV’s First Black Cameraman, Founder of CommiComp a non-profit media arts center that trained a generation of people of color, and women in the television news and documentary industry from 1972-1978. Director of Photography for ANNA RUSSELL JONES: PRAISESONG FOR A POINEERING SPIRIT .
LEMAR WILLIAMS: Instructor at Scribe Video Center and Co-Director and Cinematographer for BLACK & BLUE.
JACK CARDIFF: DP for BLACK NARCISSUS, THE RED SHOES, and many other classic B&W and Technicolor films. IMDB Page
TAK FUJIMOTO: DP for BADLANDS, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, BELOVED, SIXTH SENSE, PHILADELPHIA, etc. IMDB Page
Nadine Patterson, Independent Producer HipCinema and Co-Founder SIFTMedia 215 Collective.
LOVE NOW MEDIA Presents: 11 DAYS OF LOVE STORIES
PAST EVENTS
RECAP
Don’t exactly have a plan to use Immersive Digital Tools at the moment, but it was super cool learning the foundations of how a number of these technologies can be utilized in storytelling. Another great @siftmedia215 filmmakers workshop! https://t.co/Xrbtf2YQmG
— Tinsel & Tine 🔜 TRIBECA 2021 (@tinseltine) May 28, 2021
POST UPDATE 5.29.2021
VR WORKSHOP – exploring immersive and interactive digital mediums
A SIFTMedia 215 Filmmakers Workshop: INTRODUCTION TO XR PRODUCTION AND THE DIGITAL REALITY
Co-Presented by CENTER FOR ACTIVE LEARNING
FREE VIRTUAL EVENT – MAY 27, 2021 – 7:00PM – 8:30PM EDT
REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE
Creative strategist and consultant, Michaela Ternasky-Holland, will guide the attendees through a workshop that explores immersive and interactive digital mediums that range from virtual reality to voice recognition. This workshop is designed to activate storytellers to explore the production and creative process in using these tools, as well as equip creators to brainstorm accessible digital experiences for their audience.
Michaela Ternasky-Holland is a multi-racial Emmy, Webby, and Sheffield Doc/Fest award-winning documentarian, who combines experimental content with traditional mediums. She works with clients as a consultant and creative strategist. She is a recognized public speaker who has presented at international conferences, public institutions, and podcasts. Her work has been featured by TIME, Forbes, The Guardian, Cannes Film Festival, New York Public Library, Tribeca Film Festival, and more.
Feel Free to Download and Share the PDF Version Workshops SIFTMedia 215 Introduction to XR Production and the Digital Reality
The SIFTMedia 215 Collective is a cooperative that centers Black and Latinx women-identified independent media artists who work in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As filmmakers, we seek to educate ourselves and the wider community by creating socially conscious, culturally relevant work that challenges mainstream narratives and structures.
Center for Active Learning is a Brooklyn based 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing low/no cost informal learning opportunities that center creative and health related topics.
RECAP
POST UPDATE 3.14.2021
Get to know our friendly regional Public Television Programmers! Filmmakers can learn the in’s and out’s of getting their work on regional & national PBS.
Independent filmmakers often talk about getting their work on Amazon, Hulu, Netflix or HBO. But what about the network that is available for free on broadcast television or the internet? Public Television! Why do we forget about the potential for reaching thousands of people in our community on PBS?
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Time: 6pm -7:15pm
Place: Event will be held on Zoom.
Panelists Include:
Sreedevi Sripathy, Director of Programming and Production at WHYY TV12 https://whyy.org
Susie Hernandez, Senior Director of Programming at WNET, New York Public Media https://www.wnet.org/
Chris Hastings, Executive Producer and Editorial Manager of Content for the WORLD Channel https://worldchannel.org/
Gabrielle Ewing, Associate Director of Programming for PBS Digital Studios, https://www.pbs.org/about/
Moderator: Nadine Patterson, Independent Producer HipCinema and Co-Founder SIFTMedia 215 Collective.
Sreedevi Sripathy,and her colleagues Susie Hernandez, and Chris Hastings will give an overview of the process and options that filmmakers have for engaging with PBS and public programming networks regionally, nationally and internationally. Our guests will answer some of the following questions:
What kinds of films are you looking for? How do I submit to my local station?
What length of work will stations accept? If my program is accepted, when can I expect it to air?
At what point in the production project should I submit my film to PBS? Do stations pay for content? Do I have to provide Closed Captioning before I submit?
What are the technical specs required? Do I have to have promotional materials?
About SIFTMedia 215 Collective, https://siftmedia215.org/ : The SIFTMedia 215 Collective is a cooperative that centers Black and Latinx women-identified independent media artists who work in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As filmmakers, we seek to educate ourselves and the wider community by creating socially conscious, culturally relevant work that challenges mainstream narratives and structures. Our mission is to use our collective strength to amplify the work of and create meaningful opportunities for Black and Latinx Women content creators by providing a community of support to share resources, skills, and creative space.
About IPMF, https://independencemedia.org/ : IPMF seeks to build power with communities across Greater Philadelphia by investing in community-owned media and community-led media-making. We support work that amplifies voices, ideas, and solutions rarely heard in mainstream media.
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MISSION: The SIFTMedia 215 Collective is a cooperative that centers Black and Latinx women-identified independent media artists who work in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As filmmakers, we seek to educate ourselves and the wider community by creating socially conscious, culturally relevant work that challenges mainstream narratives and structures.
Our mission is to use our collective strength to amplify the work of and create meaningful opportunities for Black and Latinx Women content creators by providing a community of support to share resources, skills, and creative space.
UPDATE October 23, 2020:
SIFTMedia 215 Live! (Virtual) Fall 2020 Screening and Workshop Series
Thursdays September 10th thru October 29th
This screening series programmed by SIFTMedia 215 Co-Founder Nikki Harmon is a counter-narrative of Black and Latinx life in Philadelphia. SIFTMedia 215 Live! provides a space for people from throughout the Philadelphia region to share, discuss, and debate how we all can better serve our beloved communities.
All the “Calling On The Ancestors” short films will be available for a week on our Crowdcast channel – https://www.crowdcast.io/e/siftmedia215-live-fall
WEEK 7 OF THE SERIES:
Thursday, October 22, 2020, 7:00-9:00 pm
Love Now Media presents LOVE: BLACK GIRLS
Thursday, October 15, 2020, 7:00-9:00 pm
ULRICK Fundraising Event hosted by SIFTMedia 215 Live!
Join director Tatiana Bacchus, DP Stephanie Malson, and Cécile Accilien, Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, for an evening of art and history to benefit the completion of the timely and necessary documentary, ULRICK.
Before Black Lives Matter and the Civil Rights Movement, there was the Haitian Revolution! READ MORE
RECAP SIFT Media215 ULRICK Doc Fundraiser held 10.15.20
When you decide a story means enough to you to capture it on film, it takes a lot of heart, determination, passion & funding!
SIFT Media215 helped support director Tatiana Bacchus, producer Stephanie Malson, and Cécile Accilien, Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, to raise funds for important doc in progress #ULRICK as part of our Philadelphia Filmmakers Community Fall Online Series
ULRICK will remain on our Crowdcast platform for a limited time – beautiful story of an incredible artist and the intersection of Haiti and the US https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ulrick-fundraising-event
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WEEK 5 OF THE SERIES:
Thursday, October 8, 2020, 7:00-9:00 pm
Kudos to SIFTMedia215 Co-Founder Nadine Patterson (Hipcinema.com) who lead a grant writing workshop for week 5 of our…
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PERMISSION GRANTED WORKSHOP
Grants are a great way to jumpstart a film project and garner support for your work. Learn how to navigate the process and get the money!
About this Event
Never leave free money on the table. Grants are an excellent way to jumpstart a film project and garner support for your work. But many independent filmmakers are reluctant about the process. Have you applied for grant? Do you hate asking people for money? If you answered YES or NO, to the previous questions, this workshop is for you!
How do you describe an unusual project to a potential funder? How do you decide how much to ask for? How do you determine which fund to apply to, or who to ask for support? In this SIFTMedia 215 Live Grantwriting Workshop, we will explore these issues.
If you are interested in taking the workshop, please send your name, a brief project description, and general budget overview to siftmedia215@gmail.com, with SIFTMedia 215 Live Grantwriting Workshop in the subject header.
Workshop led by SIFTMedia 215 Co-Founder Nadine Patterson, who has been making independent films through Harmony Image Productions since 1995. She has received grants for projects and fellowships from The Philadelphia Foundation, The Independence Foundation, The National Black Programming Consortium, The Bartol Foundation, The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Leeway Foundation, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and Independence Public Media Foundation.
WEEK 4 OF THE SERIES -Thursday, October 1, 2020, 7:00 -9:00 pm
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DIY Artivist Workshop
This workshop will take a deep dive into effectively covering protests and high-stress situations during times of social unrest.
For many of us, 2020 has been a wakeup call to become more active and more vocal about the change we would like to see. Whether you are a video activist or documentarian, a student, an organizer, or a community journalist, if your call to action takes the form of documentation and videography, then this workshop is for you.
The SIFTMedia 215 DIY Artivist Workshop will empower, inform, and engage filmmakers of all skill levels to pick up their cameras and document our society’s turmoil with confidence, safety, and creativity. Led by Sabaah Folayan, the producer and director of WHOSE STREETS?, we will take a deep dive into effectively covering protests and high-stress situations during times of social unrest. Folayan will draw upon her experiences to inform attendees of best practices and practical solutions to possible protest production issues.
Providing historical context and current concerns to the conversation will be Alile Sharon Larkin, a member of the LA Rebellion, Nadine Patterson, SIFT founder and documentarian, and Nasya Jenkins, an emerging Philadelphian filmmaker.
WEEK 3 OF THE SERIES:
Thursday, September 24, 2020, 7:00 pm
RELEASE (2005, 13 min.) dir. by Nadine Patterson
A husband and wife dance couple separate when she pursues a career overseas. He stays behind to raise their daughter with his mother.
BLACK BALLERINA (2016, 57 min) dir. by Fran McElroy
Black Ballerina tells the story of several black women from different generations who fell in love with ballet. Six decades ago, while pursuing their dreams, Joan Myers Brown, Delores Browne, and Raven Wilkinson confronted racism, exclusion, and unequal opportunity. Today, young dancers of color continue to face formidable challenges breaking into the overwhelmingly white world of ballet. Moving back and forth in time, this lyrical, character-driven film shows how far we still have to go and stimulates a fresh discussion about race, inclusion, and opportunity across all sectors of American society.
MORE INFO / FREE REGISTRATION > S.I.F.T.Media215.org
WEEK 2 OF THE SERIES:
Thursday, September 17, 2020, 7:00 pm
Lost in the Hype is about the negative impact on communities of color when tax dollars are diverted to private individuals to build stadiums and other for profit entities to the detriment of neighborhood recreation programs and other municipal services. The film also highlighted the unsung work of many African Americans who work with youth in sports programs in the City with few resources. Co-produced by SIFT member, Martha Conley.
Followed by Q&A with the Filmmaker
MORE INFO / FREE REGISTRATION > S.I.F.T.Media215.org
WEEK 1 OF THE SERIES:
Thursday, September 10, 2020, 7:00 pm
BAOBAB FLOWERS (2019, 40 mins) dir. by Gabriela Watson-Burkett
Followed by Virtual Q&A with the director
“Baobab Flowers” is a documentary about education inequality in black communities as a global issue. Merging poetic and observational style, filmmaker Gabriela Watson Aurazo bridges the lives of teachers from two different countries—Nyanza Bandele in Philadelphia, United States, and Priscila Dias in São Paulo, Brazil. The film shows the similarities between black women as mothers and educators, the impact of poorly performing schools in the black community, and the struggle to achieve equality in education.
MORE INFO / FREE REGISTRATION > S.I.F.T.Media215.org
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S.I.F.T MEDIA215 SUMMER SCREENING SERIES JUNE 11- 2, 2020
POSTED May 28, 2020:
This screening series is a counter-narrative of Black and Latinx life in Philadelphia. During these challenging times of COVID19 and social reckoning, SIFTMedia 215 Live! provides a space for people from throughout the Philadelphia region to share, discuss, and debate how we all can better serve our beloved communities.
Thursday, June 11, 2020, 8:00 pm
Finding Elijah (2019, 25 min) by Yolonda Johnson-Young
Told from a mother’s perspective, Finding Elijah follows a young man’s journey from home into mental illness, to homelessness, and ultimately to suicide. It shows how a mother’s search for answers leads her to action.
There will be a filmmaker Q & A followed by a discussion about Mental Health, Black Men and Surviving 2020 with Phillip J. Roundtree, MSW, MS, Mental Wellness Advocate, Founder of Quadefy, LLC
Thursday, June 18, 2020, 8:00 pm
A JUNETEENTH OFFERING
And They Jumped Into The Water Some… (2017, 9 min) dir. by Lois Moses
While trekking through “The Middle Passage”, enslaved Africans are confronted with a perplexing choice, demonstrating some freedoms require great sacrifice.
Presentation of a reading of Moses’ new work-in-progress, EPISTLES OF LOVE: The Gospels according to Edgar & Clara. This short will be based on a series of love letters exchanged between Edgar Wilson and Clara Moses-Wilson from 1936 to 1939. Through their exchange, we bear witness to the complex intersections of race, health, economics, and the impact that WWI, the Spanish Flu Pandemic, the Great Depression, and the Great Migration had on the lives, love, and marriage of African Americans. Live performance by well-known Philadelphian actors, Kala Moses-Baxter and Brian A. Wilson.
The presentation will be followed by a Q & A and talkback with Lois Moses, the actors, and Bryce Payne from And They Jumped in the Water, Some ….
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 8:00 pm
Expanding Sanctuary dir. by Kristal Sotomayor, (2020, 26 min)
For the past four years, Philadelphia has been a leader in the sanctuary city movement. Juntos, a Latinx immigrant rights organization, has learned that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been using the Philadelphia Police’s Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System (PARS) database to gather deportation orders. To stop the collaboration, the Latinx immigrant community must now organize to pass historic immigrant and human rights policies to protect their community. Currently in post-production.
There will be a filmmaker Q & A followed by a discussion about the effect of Covid-19 on the immigrant population with a current member of Juntos.
Thursday, July 2, 2020, 8:00 pm
What is a Black Man? dir. by Nunera Amun (2020, 30 min)
Capturing intimate and personal moments of four young black conscious hip-hop artists from marginalized communities in Philadelphia, “What is a Black Man?”, chronicles Michael, Uriah, Alex, and Clinton, aspiring socially conscious hip-hop artists, as they work mindfully to create definitions of who they are and will become amidst controversial portrayals of black men. Along the journey of filming these tenacious and bold young men, emerging filmmaker, Nunera Amun, is compelled to make confessions on camera and address her fractured relationship with black men.
There will be a Q & A with the filmmaker and the subjects of the film, Clinton “CJ da Prodigy” Mills, Alex “Xander Crxtical” Brown, Michael “Shemar” Collins, and Uriah “Yung Rye” Garrett.
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SIFTMedia215 Live! project has been supported by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Federal-State Partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities and by Independence Public Media Foundation.
Date: Tuesday February 25th
Time: 12 -1pm
Location: Mt. Airy Nexus 520 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia PA 19119
What is the role or function of art in our society? For hundreds of years, different art forms have been tied to political and social movements. In recent times, we have seen that art has separated from its function, as it becomes more commodified and tied to consumerism and the selling of products or services.
In an ongoing series that takes a look at the role of the arts in Resistance, Organizing and Cultural Transformation, HipCinema Labs and SIFT Media 215 bring cultural programming to North West Philadelphia.
Through film screenings and open dialog, the series will take a look at this shift and also take a look at the healing function of art: to bridge the spiritual and emotional realms and create a sense of joy and shared humanity among those creating/witnessing together. It is through this healing power that art can magnify, actualize, and bolster social progress.
Light Refreshments will be served
The first program will feature filmmaker Nadine Patterson and her half-hour documentary “Moving with the Dreaming” which explores the cross-cultural collaboration between African Americans and Aboriginal and Islander Australians in modern dance and civil rights. It was broadcast on public television in Philadelphia, PA and Tucson, Arizona; Winner of a Prized Pieces award of the National Black Programming Consortium 1997. Music by Warren Oree and the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble. Produced by Marlene G. Patterson… READ MORE
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