Street Movies!, Scribe Video Center’s traveling film series that features a range of shorts – from internationally recognized award-winning fiction, documentary, and animation films – will be held next month at nine locations throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area and Camden, NJ. There will be a screening in West Philly as well – on Friday, August 30 at the Lucien Blackwell Community Center (47th and Aspen St).

This year, Street Movies! is coordinated and programmed by Nehad Khader, a filmmaker, curator, editor and the Program Director at Philadelphia’s BlackStar Film Festival. Marquee films include T.E.M.P.L.E.- Tell ‘Em My People Leave Enriched (USA, 2019), directed by Lamont Nathaniel Gibson, and They Charge for the Sun (USA, 2016, 16 min), directed by Terence Nance. 

In addition to film screenings, some Street Movies! events also include live performances by local musicians and bands. This year, it will be Séana Bailey, Los Bomberos De La Calle, Jacqueline Constance, Kilamanzego, and Cambodian American Girls Empowering (CAGE).

Live performances start at 7:30 p.m. with the screenings starting when the sun goes down at 8 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.

Here’s the 2019 listing of events:

Wednesday, Aug. 7

CAMDEN

Host: VietLead
Location: 29th and Cramer Streets, Camden, NJ
Rain location: VietLead Camden Office, 2770 Federal Street, Camden, NJ

Thursday, Aug. 8

LOWER NORTHEAST

Host: Oxford Circle Christian Community Development Association (OCCCDA)
Location: OCCCDA, 900 E Howell St. Oxford Circle, Northeast Philadelphia
Rain location: OCCCDA, 900 E Howell St.
Emcee: Marangeli Mejia-Rabell

Sunday, Aug. 11

BELLA VISTA

Host: Advocates and Descendants of St. Peter Claver
Location: Hawthorne Park, 1200 Catharine Street, Hawthorne, South Philadelphia
Rain location: Hawthorne Cultural Center, 1200 Carpenter St.
Emcee: Denise Valentine
Performer: Jacqueline Constance

Wednesday, Aug. 14

NORTH PHILLY

Host: Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation & African American United Fund
Location: Baba Yahya’s Garden, 2229 N Broad St., Uptown, North Philadelphia
Rain location: Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation, 2227 N Broad St.
Emcee: Jos Duncan
Performer: Séana Bailey

Friday, Aug. 16

SOUTH PHILLY

Host: SEAMAAC
Location: Mifflin Square Park. 6th and Ritner Streets, Moyamensing, South Philadelphia
Rain location: Houston Center, 8th and Snyder

Monday, Aug. 19

NORRIS SQUARE

Host: Norris Square Neighborhood Project
Location: Las Parcelas Community Garden, 2248 N Palethorp St., Norris Square, West Kensington
Rain location: West Kensington Ministry, 2140 N Hancock St.
Emcee: Marangeli Mejia-Rabell
Performer: Los Bomberos De La Calle

Friday, Aug. 23

GERMANTOWN

Host: Kelly Green Project
Location: John B Kelly School, 5116 Pulaski Avenue
Rain Location: People’s Sanctuary, 5507 Germantown Ave.

Saturday, Aug. 24

WEST OAK LANE

Host: Masjidullah
Location: Masjidullah, 7401 Limekiln Pike, West Oak Lane
Emcee: Idris Abdulzahir

Friday, Aug. 30

MILL CREEK

Host: Mill Creek Community Partnership & Philadelphia Housing Authority
Location: Lucien Blackwell Community Center, 47th and Aspen Streets, Mill Creek, West Philadelphia
Emcee: Shauna Hall-Williams
Performer: Kilamanzego

For more information, visit: https://www.scribe.org/street-movies-2019