Scribe Video Center

As our Winter 2026 programming comes to a close, Scribe Video Center would love to invite our Philadelphia community to a three-day screening event focused on award-winning filmmaker Yvonne Welbon!

Scribe's Body of Work series is a retrospective screening of films by filmmakers who have shaped our visual culture. Welbon is the founder and CEO of the Chicago-based nonprofit Sisters in Cinema, inspired by her documentary of the same name, about the history of Black women feature film directors.

This Body of Work will take place over three consecutive nights, from Wednesday, Feb 25 to Friday, Feb 27. Each night presents at least an hour of unique programming, accompanied by discussions with the filmmaker! Register now at scribe.org/screenings. 🔗

Night two of the Body of Work will be preceded by a Special Learning Session entitled Personal Storytelling as Archiving with Welbon. Register for the Learning Session + Screening at scribe.org/welbon.

We're still feeling inspired from the Philadelphia premiere of "For Venida, For Kalief" with the talented filmmaker, Sisa Bueno last week!

Thank you to everyone who came out for this impactful film + post-screening discussion which left viewers with a deeper respect for the use of poetry in organizing and tips on how to take your own projects to the next level. Huge thank you also to our host for the evening, Deborah Powell-Wright.

Missed the event? Join us tomorrow, Thurs 2/12 at 7pm for a screening of two short films from our national "Muslim Voices" project. In collaboration with Community Media Center, we'll be centering African American Muslim communities in Newark, NJ during this special event.

🔗 Link in bio to register or comment "screening" for the link!

📸 photo credit to Josh Fortune,

Join us on December 12 at 7PM for a powerful screening of “Searching for the Songs of Wanaragua”, the new short film by Philly filmmaker Eli LaBan 📽️✨

🎞️ in partnership with Big Picture Alliance and Indigenous Peoples’ Day (IPD) Philly

Travel with Cesar Vargas, a Garifuna language teacher and cultural keeper from Honduras, as he and LaBan document and translate traditional Wanaragua songs— a vital part of Garifuna heritage and a living link in the fight to keep the endangered Afro-Indigenous culture alive. 🎶🌍

After the film, stay for a community conversation with the filmmakers, hosted by Gianna Brown (BPA), connecting Garifuna storytelling to Philadelphia’s own Indigenous and Afro-diasporic communities.

📽️ “Searching for the Songs of Wanaragua” Film Screening + Filmmaker Q&A
🗓️ Friday, December 12, 7PM
📍 Scribe Video Center, 3908 Lancaster Ave
🎟️ $5 general, $3 for Scribe members

Space is limited - register now at SCRIBE.ORG/LABAN or via the link in bio 🔗

This Giving Tuesday, invest in community storytelling in Philadelphia! 🎬✨

Over four decades ago, Scribe started in a small room with borrowed equipment and a belief that everyday people deserve access to the tools of media-making. Today, we continue that mission by supporting youth filmmakers, neighborhood historians, elders, organizers, and storytellers across our city.

Help us reach our $50,000 year-end goal and make 2026 another year of powerful, community-rooted media.

🔗 Donate today at scribe.org/annual-appeal or via the link in our bio.