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Precious places, 5.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neighborhoods--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.
- Neighborhoods.
- Oral history--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.
- Oral history.
- Philadelphia Region (Pa.)--Race relations.
- Philadelphia Region (Pa.).
- Philadelphia Region (Pa.)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Race relations.
- Social conditions.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Precious places five
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Scribe Video Center, ©2010.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- Summary:
- Short documentary films that survey bypassed neighborhoods in the Philadelphia region. Produced and directed by neighborhood residents, Precious Places is a regional history, an occasion for neighbors to tell their own stories and talk about the people and places that make their communities unique. Volume 5 features 8 videos covering themes that include race relations, racial segregation and integration, urban renewal, community arts, women's issues and spaces of worhip.
- Contents:
- El Centro de oro : the golden center / Raices Culturales Latinoamericanes, Taller Puertorriqueño, and HACE CDC (11:26 min.)
- Engine 11 : a journey of segregation & discovery / Engine 11 Precious Places Group (10:59 min.)
- Destined for diversity? / First Presbyterian Church (10:06 min.)
- Girard Estate : ideal city homes / Girard Estate Residents & Girard Estate Neighborhood Association (10:37 min.)
- Hayti : an oasis / Passtown Baptist Church (10:50 min.)
- The power and the glory of "WE" / Southwest Belmont Community Association (10:56 min.)
- 711 / 711 Precious Places Group (9:47 min.)
- Wynnefield : living America's dream / Wynnefield Residents Association (10:49).
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of a compilation of 2009-10 short documentary films by the Precious Places Community History Project.
- OCLC:
- 658186209
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