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Street Movies! outdoor screening series returns for 24th season

August 9, 2021

Scribe Video Center is bringing back its free outdoor screening series Street Movies! this month. The series is returning for its 24th season with nine screenings scheduled across Philadelphia and New Jersey.

Screenings will be held in West Kensington, West Philly, West Oak Lane, Lawnside, Southwest Philly, Hawthorne, North Philly, and South Philly. Live performances start at 8:00 p.m., followed by a presentation of short films at 8:30 p.m. Performers include Sonic Liberation Front, Instituto de Puertorriqueño Música, Max Swan, SNACKTIME Philly, Bethlehem and Sad Patrick, Monnette Sudler, and Alfie Pollitt.

Each screening event will include a selection of fiction, animation, documentary, and youth and community produced work. All ages are welcome to attend.

The series will kick off tonight at Taller Puertorriqueño in West Kensington (2600 N. 5th St). The featured opening night performing artists are the musicians and dancers from Instituto Puertorriqueño de Música/Puerto Rican Music Institute. The opening night presentation will be available to livestream, thanks to PhillyCAM.

Here’s the full schedule:

Monday, August 9 – West Kensington
Host: Taller Puertorriqueño
Location: 2600 N. 5th Street
Performer: Instituto de Puertorriqueño Música

Friday, August 13 – West Philly
Host: People’s Emergency Center
Location: N. 42nd St & Lancaster Avenue
Performer: Bethlehem and Sad Patrick

Saturday, August 14 – West Oak Lane
Host: Masjidullah: Center for Human Excellence
Location: Masjidullah, 7401 Limekiln Pike
Performer: Sonic Liberation Front

Thursday, August 19 – Germantown
Host: Afrocentricity International and Ourchive 215
Location: The People’s Wall, 26 Church Lane
Performer: Alfie Pollitt

Friday, August 20 – Lawnside, New Jersey
Host: Lawnside Historical Society
Location: 208 E. Charleston Ave, Lawnside, NJ
Performer: Shekhinah B.

Saturday, August 21 – Hawthorne
Host: Friends of Hawthorne Park
Location: Hawthorne Park 1200 Catherine Street
Performer: Max Swan

Wednesday, August 25 – North Philly
Host: Church of the Advocate
Location: 1801 W. Diamond Street
Performer: Monnette Sudler

Friday, August 27 – South Philly
Host: Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association (SEAMAAC)
Location: Mifflin Square Park 6th & Ritner Streets

Saturday, August 28 – Southwest Philly
Host: Cobbs Creek Neighbors
Location: Sherwood Park, 5601 Baltimore Ave

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