Scribe Video Center: Social Change, One Budding Filmmaker at a Time
Posted by Samantha Lazar on October 1, 2009
Scribe Video Center is a truly unique West Philadelphia institution. Founded over 25 years ago, the nonprofit is a community-oriented training ground and hub for aspiring and dedicated video and media artists. Through its classes, workshops, screenings, equipment-sharing, and youth programs, people from West Philly and beyond learn and hone the art of filmmaking.
Scribe has so many amazing programs that it’s difficult to even give an overview. They run over 45 workshops a year, ranging from those for novices to those for professionals, and for both adults and kids (including after school and summer programs). Workshop topics start at Camera Operation for newbies, and go all the way through video production to the final touches, like Sound Mixing, Editing, Post-Production, and Distribution. Some of the workshops have a fee, but many are completely free, like “Community Visions,” a ten-month video production program for members of community groups.
At the heart of Scribe’s mission is the idea of using artistic media as a tool for progressive social change. Creating videos can be empowering; it can be a way to embrace, critique, and embolden neighborhoods, issues, and individuals. To get a taste of the kind of work that Scribe produces, check out the current exhibit about West Philly history at the Arthur Ross Gallery. The exhibit includes several in-depth and eye-opening Scribe-made documentaries.
I can’t even begin to scratch the surface of Scribe in just a few paragraphs, so go explore their website. Scribe is a one-of-a-kind West Philly asset, and an invaluable resource if you have even the tiniest bit of interest in video or community.
Scribe Video Center
4212 Chestnut Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-222-4201
www.scribe.org
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