Precious places, 4.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Precious Places Community History Project.

Scribe Video Center.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neighborhoods--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Neighborhoods.

Neighborhoods--New Jersey--Camden.

Oral history--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Oral history.

Oral history--New Jersey--Camden.

Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.).

New Jersey--Camden.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Precious places four

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Scribe Video Center, ©2009.

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 4 features 10 videos covering themes that include urban green spaces, immigration, religion, racial segregation and integration and urban renewal.

Contents:

Awbury / by Awbury Arboretum (East Germantown) (8:42 min.)

Standing on the promises of God / by Bethany AME Church (Northeast Philadelphia) (9:37 min.)

Bra Buddha Ransi Temple / by Bra Buddha Ransi Temple, the Khmer Buddhist Humanitarian Association (South Philadelphia) (9:34 min.)

From Camden to you: the rebirth of Johnson Park / by Camden United (Camden, New Jersey) (10:07 min.)

A gem in Germantown / by Center in the Park (Germantown) (10:48 min.)

Neighbors and nature in harmony / by Longford Street Residents (Northeast Philadelphia) (10:01 min.)

Manayunk Canal: past, present, and future / by Manayunk Neighborhood Council (Manayunk) (10:35 min.)

Worth fighting for: a community unites to save their library / by Friends of Oaklyn Library (Oaklyn, New Jersey) (9:49 min.)

The Garden of Unity: a refuge of peace on Chester Avenue / by Southwest Community Development Corporation (Southwest Philadelphia) (9:31 min.)

King on the avenue / by People's Emergency Center Community Development Corporation (West Philadelphia) (8:54 min.).

Notes:

Title from container.

Videodisc release of a compilation of short documentary films by the Precious Places Community History Project.

OCLC:

701926046