Philadelphia Monthly Arts Round-Up: September 2022

BY KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR

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As the leaves begin to change colors this September, Philadelphia will be in full force with film screenings and arts events throughout the city. Pull up a picnic blanket at waterfront piers and parks in West and Northeast Philadelphia to watch some powerful films.

This September, cinéSPEAK presents three programs of short and feature films in some of our favorite outdoors spaces: Cherry Street Pier, Pentridge Station Pop-up, and Bartram’s Garden. Hope to see you there!

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 7 PM 

New Restoration: Loving Couples

Still from Loving Couples. Courtesy of Lightbox Film Center.

Watch a restoration of Mai Zetterling’s debut directorial feature Loving Couples. The silver screen classic follows the lives of three women and is set on the eve of World War I.

Cost: $10 General Admission, $8 Student/Senior, Free for Members/UArts Students/UArts Faculty & Staff

Lightbox Film Center  — 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

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Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Rough Cut Community Screening of Expanding Sanctuary

Still from Expanding Sanctuary. Courtesy of Kristal Sotomayor.

As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, join the Office of Immigrant Affairs, Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, and Sotomayor Productions for a rough cut community screening of local short film Expanding Sanctuary. Directed by Kristal Sotomayor, the film tells a powerful story about community organizing in collaboration with Juntos to limit police surveillance in the city’s Latinx immigrant community.

Cost: Free

Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard — 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Friday, September 23, 2022 at 7 PM 

cinéSPEAK Under the Stars: Alma’s Rainbow

Still from Alma’s Rainbow. Courtesy of cinéSPEAK.

Watch the 1994 comedy Alma’s Rainbow, a coming-of-age film about three Black women living in Brooklyn. The film is written, directed, and produced by award-winning artist Ayoka Chenzira, one of the first African Americans to teach film production in higher education and among the first African American woman animators.

Cost: $10

Pentridge Station Pop-up — 5110-5120 Pentridge St, Philadelphia, PA 19143

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Movies By The River: Encanto

Check out the Pennypack on the Delaware, a gorgeous park along the river in Northeast Philadelphia, to watch a presentation of Disney’s Encanto. Join a family friendly sing along to “We Don’t Talk About Bruno!”

Cost: Free

Pennypack on the Delaware Park — 7801 State Road, Philadelphia, PA 19136

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September 28, 29, and 30 at 7 PM

Body of Work: Ann Tegnell

A three night presentation of films by Academy Award and Emmy nominated producer-director Ann Tegnell. She is the dean of long form documentary film editors in the Philadelphia region, working extensively as an independent media maker while creating commercial and public broadcasting, non-broadcast and new media.

Cost: Free

Scribe Video Center — 3908 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7 PM 

cinéSPEAK Under the Stars: Skies of Lebanon

Still from Skies of Lebanon. Courtesy of cinéSPEAK.

Directed by Chloé Mazlo, Skies of Lebanon is set in the 1950s and follows a young woman who leaves the Swiss mountains when she falls in love with an astrophysicist on the shores of Beirut. Everything is peaceful until the civil war strikes.

Cost: Free

Bartram’s Garden — 5400 Lindbergh Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19143

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Friday, September 30, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Final Friday Short Film Showcase — Presented by Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival and The Rail Park

The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival and The Rail Park present a showcase of short films by Asian and Pacific Islander filmmakers, all telling stories of land and our relationship to it, as well as the ways in which human activity has a lasting impact on the world we call home.

Cost: Free

The Rail Park — Noble Street, N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19123

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MORE EVENTS:

Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 7 PM

​​Producers’ Forum with Iliana Sosa: What We Leave Behind (Lo Que Dejamos Atrás)

Cost: $7.50 General Admission, $5 Students/Seniors, $4 Scribe Members

Scribe Video Center — 3908 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Friday, September 16, 2022 at 6 PM

Opening Reception: “If We Never Get Better”

Cost: Free

TILT Institute Main Gallery — 1400 N. American Street, Suite #103, Philadelphia, PA 19122

Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 7 PM

New Restoration: Amorosa

Cost: $10 General Admission, $8 Student/Senior, Free for Member/UArts Student/UArts Faculty & Staff

Lightbox Film Center  — 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 7 PM

Producers’ Forum with Michèle Stephenson: Stateless & Elena

Cost: $7.50 General Admission, $5 Students/Seniors, $4 Scribe Members

Scribe Video Center — 3908 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Wednesday, September 28 at 7:15 PM

Metropolitan with Director Whit Stillman

Cost: $13.50 Adult, $11 Senior (65+) and Student, $9 Children (Under 18)

Bryn Mawr Film Institute — 824 Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

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Kristal Sotomayor is a bilingual Latinx freelance journalist, documentary filmmaker, and festival programmer based in Philadelphia. They serve as the Editor-In-Chief of the cinéSPEAK Journal, Awards Competition Manager for the International Documentary Association, and Co-Founder/Journalist of ¡Presente! Media Collective.

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