TV Programming Spotlight: December 2020
Here's what's new on PhillyCAM.
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TV & Radio discussion featuring local community voices who inform, analyze & debate current events & promote civic engagement.
Interviews with activist River Eno, and psychotherapist Harriet Fraad explore the ways in which human society is psychologically disconnected from animals, the natural world and other humans.
Casual conversations online amongst creative collaborators during pandemic, telling stories and planning projects with guests.
COVID-19 Edition, a set of online interviews that explores the stories of Black women & femme wellness practitioners and how they survive and thrive during a global pandemic.
Janessa shares her thoughts on how the start of the global pandemic connects to their work as healers in the wellness field with Host Adrienne Dolberry.
3 Films:
When the beat stops-. loosely based on the book entitled. ‘Tadpoles’ by Curtis Mullen. Four childhood friends encounter life obstacles that bring them back together after years of conflict.
Stranger in my bed - a thriller . Eva has a checkered past that catches up to her. Eva tries to hide her life and just when she thought she had it all, she met her match.
Love Happens AGAIN - sequel from the short film Love happens. Kenny, Tracey, Monique and Brian decide to go on a therapeutic trip together and find out why destiny meets disaster.
Screening & Discussion
Short film about A man with no memories awakens in the unknown and sets on a journey to discover the truth. Along his journey, he begins to realize that some doors are better left closed.
Followed by Q & A with The Five Sands filmmakers
Audience sends in questions and a panel of Muslim missionaries from across the USA answer them from an Islamic perspective - first episode on 'Mega Rich vs Underclass' and impending war
Tony ‘Tone’ Royster (aka Mr. Y Not) & Positive Movement Entertainment (aka the Philly Elmo drum line) oozes charisma and positivity. PME’s goal is to inspire young people to express themselves through drumming, as a means to decrease gun violence.
Cinematography by Austin Smock
Original Music: Eric Carbonara at Nada Sound Studio & Positive Movement Entertainment
Hego, Australian mural artist in two neighborhoods in Philadelphia & Baltimore : Strawberry Mansion & East Baltimore.
Amplifies the positive messages of the Positive Movement Drill Team & Wheelie Wayne of The 12 O'Clock Boys fame
Put down the guns, pick up some drums. Put down a gun, pick up a bike.
Global Convening
An uplifting, welcoming place for hope, healing, & community in the midst of change & an invitation to envision a more peaceful world with meditation, poetry, song & guidance
Features acclaimed poet Ursula Rucker; comedienne, and coach Jennifer Blaine; writer and grief coach Naila Francis.
Combines the beauty of today's Wissahickon, with the hint of a story influenced by the writings of the master of mystery & horror himself as a tribute to Poe's essay praising the waterway
In Poe's own words..."Now the Wissahiccon is of so remarkable a loveliness that, were it flowing in England, it would be the theme of every bard, and the common topic of every tongue..."