Precious Places Community History Project Premiere

PECCDC and Scribe Video Center, celebrated the release of ten new short video documentaries, co-produced by Scribe and community groups from Philadelphia and Camden.PECCDC's project, called King on the Avenue focused on the 40th and Lancaster intersection where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech on August 3, 1965 to a crowd of 10,000 West Philadelphia residents.

The Precious Places Community History Project brings together community groups, videomakers, and scholars to document the people, buildings, public spaces and landmarks that hold the memory of a community and define where we live and who we are in a time of significant change for neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Camden.

The creative process of documenting community histories binds groups together as they reach out to friends, family, neighbors, and organizations to produce documentaries that inspire, celebrate and inform.

Conceived 6 years ago to mark Scribe’s 20th anniversary, Precious Places has grown into a massive collection of over 50 documentaries that excavate the rich but often hidden histories of neighborhoods while providing critical insights into contemporary social forces that shape our unique, vibrant, and sometimes troubled urban landscape.

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The Precious Places Community History Project is supported by the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Claneil Foundation, Samuel S. Fels Fund, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.