March 25, 2006
7:00 pm
Scribe Video Center at International House
3710 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Premiere
Third World Newreel’s
Call for Change Project
Series Producer J.T. Takagi in person
God Bless America2
Saj: Muslim in America
Just Ralph
Fulton & Franklin
Work and Respect
Friday, March 24
7:00 PM
International House
3710 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Admission: $10, free for Scribe members
For over 38 years, Third World Newsreel has worked with socially conscious mediamakers and communities of color to bring a range of voices into the national discussion of American priorities. A call went out in spring 2004 to filmmakers, often working with artists and community organizations, to produce short videos presenting the views of underrepresented New York City communities and their state of America. The resulting video shorts in a Call for Change, produced under the aegis of coordinating producer JT Takagi, give voice to the concerns of immigrant, low-income groups and communities of color often marginalized or silenced, particularly in this period of diminishing civil liberties. In one evening of short documentaries you will hear the stories of South Asian families in DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) fighting deportation resulting from homeland security policies, nannies and housekeepers of Domestic Workers United fighting for a bill of rights, and activists working to get New York City to pass a bill requiring any companies doing business with the city to reveal any past relationship with the slave trade. There is spoken word, a documentary about women rappers and intimate portraits of immigrants, post 9/11. Call for Change premiered at the Brooklyn Rose Cinemas and is featured in the Museum of Modern Arts’ Documentary Fortnight in February 2006. Third World Newsreel produces, distributes over 400 titles, and trains in film and digital video. A new Call for Change series will be produced starting summer 2006.
Preceded by Color Conscious
Director: Cheraine Stanford
2005, US, video, 3 mins
This experimental short takes the images and emotions evoked by the colors of the Jamaican and American flags to question dual identities, stereotypes and civil liberty abuses faced by immigrants in the U.S.
Join J.T. Takagi for a Master Class
Saturday, March 25 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Scribe.
