BY ANDRE CHERRY Amid the strikes in the film industry, I made the difficult decision, like so many other fans, to attend San Diego Comic-Con. Comic-Con is an annual comic book and popular arts convention that was initially founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention...
BY IREASHIA BENNETT August marks the start of Scribe Video Center’s annual Street Movies! program. Returning for the 26th year, the nine-week pop-up short film program spans across neighborhoods and community gardens around Philadelphia and New Jersey. From August 10 until August 26, Scribe Video Center...
Practical Abolition shifts the narrative around the benefits of policing. The animated film imagines what Philadelphia could look like if we invested in healing our communities instead of policing them....
BY SOPHIA ABRAHAM-RAVESON Please refer to the official websites for events to ensure that you have the most up-to-date information about ticketing, reservations, delays, re-scheduling, cancellations, and other guest policies for venues, including relevant COVID-19 requirements. At the height of summer, Philadelphia is bursting with film screenings...
BY KELSEY BROWN When Ufuoma Essi moved to Philadelphia in 2016 for a year-long study abroad program from London, she wasn’t making art or films. Now, Essi reflects on that time as helping her “explore filmmaking as a real possibility.” “Philadelphia has been super formative for me,”...
BY GABE CASTRO The 12th annual BlackStar Film Festival, dedicated to uplifting visionary Black, Brown, and Indigenous media creators, returns from August 2 to August 6, 2023. With new venues, 93 films representing 31 countries, revamped live programming, and amplified Philly creativity, the festival ensures there’s...
BY C.M. CROCKFORD Even the most jawn-centric, born and raised Philadelphia resident, if asked, might dismissively condense the city’s filmmaking history into a few famous titles. Philadelphia, of course, then there’s the Rocky series, M. Night Shyamalan…oh, and Blow Out, right? The Fourth of July scene?...
BY GABE CASTRO The cinéSPEAK Journal publishes a monthly Philadelphia Artist Spotlight highlighting local filmmakers and moving image artists doing unique and impactful work. Drew Swedberg is an artistic collaborator who uses his passion for his community and knowledge of the filmmaking process to help create documentary...
BY ANDRE CHERRY Content warning: this article contains potentially sexually explicit images. The cinéSPEAK Journal publishes a monthly Philadelphia Organization Spotlight highlighting a local film or moving image focused organization, business, or collective doing unique and impactful work. Philadelphia is home to a unique art organization that focuses...
BY ARTA BARZANJI Please refer to the official websites for events to ensure that you have the most up-to-date information about ticketing, reservations, delays, re-scheduling, cancellations, and other guest policies for venues, including relevant COVID-19 requirements. When I penned my first monthly arts round-up for cinéSPEAK around...