The Broad Street history project / Documentary History Project for Youth, 2002-2003.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Scribe Video Center. Documentary History Project for Youth.

Scribe Video Center.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 74 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Documentary History Project for Youth, 2002-2003

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Scribe Video Center, [2003]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Philadelphia, from Tioga to the Shipyard, from the Lenni Lenape to the twenty-first century, a collective of young filmmakers use Broad Street as a focal point to highlight fascinating sidelights on Philly's history and newer currents influencing change for the future.

"The Documentary History Project for Youth produces student-made videos that focus on historical topics that have both a local focus and contemporary relevance."--Scribe.org

Contents:

Broad Street stories / directed by Julian Harris and Omar Estrada

The story of the Divine Lorraine / a film by Christina Ortiz

The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard : the impact of women and tools, 1940 and 1980 / producer and director, Marchelle Smalls

A search for the truth : a story about settlers & native peoples / writer, director, Eric Willie

The Civil War : a story everyone thinks they know ... but do they? / written, directed by Brooke Asman

North and South : lifestyles on both sides / writer, director, editor, Kitty Garrett

Philadelphia : a city destroyed by disease, rebuilt by community / written, directed and edited by Jodi Leigh Cantor

Progress Plaza / a film by Taren Hall and Christina Ortiz

Center Square : a brief history / written and directed by Corey Cohen.

Credits:

Filmmakers: Rayna Guy, Marchelle Smalls, Brooke Asman, Christina Ortiz, Kitty Garrett, Corey Cohen, Jody Cantor, Eric Willie, Melissa Rowe, Krystal Colon, Omar Estrada, Julian Harris and Taren Hall; editor, Pablo Colapinto; music, The CAPA Composer's Forum (and others); the directors of these films have filled various production crew slots in each other's film projects.

Notes:

Videodisc release of nine motion pictures produced in 2003.

Title from container and disc label.

OCLC:

1301273803