Lancaster Ave. Harvest Film Fest

11.22.19
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The Bank - 3750 Lancaster Ave.
The Lancaster Avenue Harvest Film Festival is part of a sustained effort to provide a platform for the community’s artists to use their voices to tell their own stories.  So, we are hoping local filmmakers creating “for the culture” will bring their work to West Philadelphia to be celebrated!

Official Selections:

Finding Elijah

Produced by his mother, Yolanda Johnson-Young, “Finding Elijah” is a documentary film that follows a young man’s journey from home into mental illness, to homelessness, and ultimately to suicide. It explores how a search for answers leads a mother to action. Using interviews, archival footage and Elijah's original art/photos; he is given a voice in the film.

Filmmaker: Yolanda Johnson-Young

Naan Conforming

Angela brings home her girlfriend Pratika to meet her big Italian family.

Filmmaker: Meredeth Yannuzzi

Our Dogs

Our Dogs is a short documentary told by three dog owners on what it's like to lose a pet after many years of love. Even though their furry friends have passed on, they are still considered their dogs and always will be.

Filmmaker: Connor Frame 

​T.E.M.P.L.E. -Tell 'Em My People Leave Enriched

Tell ‘Em My People Leave Enriched is a documentary about Lamont Nathaniel Gibson, an African-American, North Philadelphian filmmaker coming to terms with the forced changes to his home neighborhood by the expansion of his soon-to-be alma mater, Temple University. Shot during the Trump administration, and wrestling with themes of generational poverty, gentrification, and racism, T.E.M.P.L.E. follows Lamont as he studies at a university while it rearranges the landscape he once called home. 

Filmmaker: Lamont Nathaniel Gibson 

Real Dads, Strong Families

The Real Dads, Strong Families video is a non-profit video designed for new fathers, new moms and other family and community members. It is also a tool for training and educational purposes. The video aims to meet the following objectives: to explain why a father’s involvement with his child can positively impact his health and his child’s development and long-term health promoting resources that support their efforts to be a positive role model and a continuous presence in their child’s lives. The Father's workgroup worked with filmmaker, Zack Sievers, to film the video at different locations  and organizations in Philadelphia.

Filmmakers: Zack Sievers, Bill Champagne and Samantha Shuster.

Produced by Einstein Medical Facility in collaboration with: The Philadelphia, Maternal and Infant Community Action Network: a collective impact effort that includes 30 maternal and infant health organizations in Philadelphia, funded in part by HRSA the Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Healthy Start program.

Royal Geek

Royal Geek Is an anti-bullying short film. It's focus is to be kind, respectful and not to judge.
Filmmaker: Vera Poitier, PN Royals LLC 

The Cage

More than a story of redemption, The Cage is a story of survival. When Philly’s streets look to bring one young man down and entangle him with violence, anger, and death, it’s purely up to him to find a way to break free. While the only escape may seem to come from the basketball court, make no mistake — this is no game.

Filmmaker: Ricky Staub

Flowers Started Dying Yesterday

Flowers Started Dying Yesterday is an intriguing identifier for an equally succinct body of work in which the title, songs and themes are interchangeable mile markers that chronicle AIME’s journey to the most self-contained, confident and complete version of himself.