[Culture] Scribe Video Center now in West Philly

[Gretjen Clausing]

Please forward this email to interested friends and colleagues and forgive us in advance for any duplicate postings.   Several months ago Scribe Video Center moved to 4212 Chestnut Street in West Philadelphia.  Since its founding in 1982, Scribe’s mission has been to explore, develop and advance the use of video, film, audio and interactive digital technologies as artistic media and tools for progressive social change.   Scribe’s new location has three well-equipped workshop spaces, dedicated editing suites for non-linear digital video editing and 16mm film, a videotape and DVD library of independent films and a video screening and gathering space.  The public is welcome to stop by, 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Monday through Friday, to visit.    This week Scribe Video Center welcomes an internationally acclaimed media artist, Isaac Julien and screens the civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize, as part of the international "Eyes on the Screen" campaign.   Check newly updated website for Winter/Spring 2005 Workshops & Programs http://www.scribe.org   1) Isaac Julien presents his film Black Skin, White Mask: Franz Fanon – Tues Feb 8 at 7:00 pm, International House, tickets $10 2) Isaac Julien Master Class – Wed Feb 9 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm, Scribe Video Center, $35 3) Eyes on the Screen - Tues Feb 8 at 4:00 pm, Scribe Video Center, FREE 4) Issues in Independent Black Cinema – Starts Mon Feb 14 at 7:00 pm, Logan Hall, University of Penn, FREE   1) Isaac Julien presents his film Black Skin, White Mask: Franz Fanon Tuesday, February 8 at 7:00 pm International House, 3701 Chestnut Street Tickets $10   Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask explores for the first time on film the preeminent theorist of the anti-colonial movements of this century. Fanon's two major works, Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth, were pioneering studies of the psychological impact of racism on both colonized and colonizer. Jean-Paul Sartre recognized Fanon as the figure "through whose voice the Third World finds and speaks for itself." This innovative film biography restores Fanon to his rightful place at the center of contemporary discussions around post-colonial identity.   Isaac Julien has been involved with forging a new language around Black representation, both as filmmaker and cultural critic. Trained as a painter at St. Martin's School of Art in London, Julien was part of the first new wave of Black independent British filmmakers.  He is the celebrated director of such provocative films as Looking for Langston (1989) and Young Soul Rebels (1991) and the more recent IFC production Baadasssss Cinema.  In 1993, he co-founded Normal Films, a production company specializing in queer documentaries and films.   2) Isaac Julien Master Class -- Image, Language and Representation Wednesday, 9 February from 7:00 – 9:00 pm Scribe Video Center, 4212 Chestnut Street, t 215 222 4201 $35 – Pre-Registration encouraged call or email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Includes admission to Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask  on Tues, Feb 8 at International House   Isaac Julien’s films have combined the aesthetics and languages of various artistic disciplines to address history and politics, particularly as they relate to queer subjectivity and Blackness. Julien will screen excerpts from his own film projects and talk about his approach to filmmaking. This workshop provides an opportunity for media makers with works-in-progress or in the initial stages of their projects to talk about visual approaches and discuss their work with the guest artist.   Isaac Julien’s visit to Philadelphia is presented as part of The Fabric Workshop and Museum’s Experiments with Truth, an international survey of contemporary filmmaking intended to reassess the influence of cinema and the use of documentary within contemporary visual art practices. Experiments with Truth is curated by Mark Nash.  This fantastic exhibit will be on view until March 14th.   Check out the complete schedule of accompanying Experiments with Truth - Film Programs and Panel Discussions http://www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org/exhibitions/ewt_filmprogram.php   Presented in cooperation with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, International House, Scribe Video Center, the Media Arts Department of the University of the Arts, and the Cinema Studies Program of the University of Pennsylvania and the PennDesign MFA Department of the University of Pennsylvania.     3) Eyes on the Screen Tuesday, 8 February at 4:00 -6:00 pm Scribe Video Center, 4212 Chestnut Street, t 215 222 4201 FREE   The civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize has been hidden from the public for the past ten years because of overreaching copyright regulation.  Area activists will hold a free screening of A Nation of Law? from the Eyes on the Prize II series co-produced by Scribe Video Center founder and executive director Louis Massiah.    "The civil rights movement is just too important for this invaluable resource to be denied to the public. So, we've called for screenings of 'Eyes on the Prize' across the country" said Downhill Battle organizer Tiffiniy Cheng.  Tuesday’s screening at Scribe is part of a series of screenings that will happen in over 25 cities around the world Tuesday night, as part of a campaign called "Eyes on the Screen" for more info go to http://www.eyesonthescreen.org   END