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Hooked screening 8.26.2009

Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers screens Wednesday, August 26th at the North Light Community Center in Manayunk. North Light Community Center is at 175 Green Lane Philadelphia, PA 19127 (map)  Check out the incredible line-up of other great local films at this free screening, part of Scribe video’s street movies series:

Street Movies at North Light Community Center

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 – 8:30pm

Hosts: North Light Community Center & Manayunk Neighborhood Council
$0
FREE and open the public

Manayunk Canal: Past, Present and Future
by Manayunk Neighborhood Council & Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project
A look at the Manayunk Canal, its industrial past and its role in the community’s revitalization. (2009, 9:40 mins)

Free the River Park by Evolve Strategies
Chronicling the fight against CSX Railroad’s effort to block community access to the Schuylkill River, this doc inspires other groups on how to wage grassroots organizing campaigns to improve and protect their communities. (2008, 15 mins)

The Next Wave by Jennifer Redfearn & Tim Metzger 
The Carteret Islanders prepare to evacuate their ancestral home in the South Pacific, which faces destruction as a result of human-induced climate change. (2009, 8:03 mins) a Media That Matters film

Bon Voyage, Jacques Cousteau by Danny Corey 
A boy must do what’s best for his best friend in this touching tale of love and sacrifice.
(2007, 3:04 mins)

The Meatrix by Louis Fox
Will Leo the pig take the blue pill and remain in a fantasyland where our food is produced on quaint family farms rather than by huge agribusinesses and multinational corporations? (2003, Flash Animation, 3:47 mins) a Media That Mattersfilm

Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers by Shannon Kane Meddock, Mike Attie & Andrew Schwalm, is an intimate, funny and touching glimpse into the little known world of urban fishing. When a good day fishing has come and gone, Philadelphia’s waterways yield a bounty far more valuable than the fish themselves. (2008, 14 mins)

The Manayunk Club by Manayunk Neighborhood Council with Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project
The Manayunk Club was a beloved social spot in Manayunk, a close-nit neighborhood in the Northwestern section of Philadelphia. Housed in an old mansion on a hill overlooking the neighborhood, the club was born in the 1920s as a drinking establishment during prohibition. Later, it became more family-oriented, hosting dances and community gatherings, and became a popular location for local weddings. Although some residents say the club went downhill in the late 1990s, the mansion continued to be well known in Manayunk and was added to Philadelphia’s Register of Historic Places in 1999. Featuring interviews with neighbors and utilizing historic photographs, The Manayunk Club depicts the history of the establishment, from the mansion’s construction in 1870 to the aftermath of the fire. Despite the neighborhood’s changes, residents still reminisce fondly about the Manayunk Club and the neighborhood that they continue to love.


Schedule a Screening!

Summer is the best time to get excited about fishing right here in Philadelphia, and Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers is available for screenings in your neck of the woods or bend in the river.  Please contact us if you’d like a copy or to schedule a screening.

Broadcast screenings of Hooked this weekend

Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers may be seen on MindTV (Channel 35 in the Philadelphia area) along with Byron Karabatsos’ film 4021 Parkside about the so-called “Microsoft school” on these dates and times:

Saturday
3/21/09
9 PM

Sunday
3/22/09
1 PM

See the entire schedule of broadcast dates and times for Philadelphia Stories 6 here.

Next Screening is May 8th at Scribe

The next scheduled screening of Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers is May 8th as part of the River’s Edge program at Scribe Video Center:

Friday, May 8, 2009 – 7:00pm
Ticket price: $5
Free to Scribe members (You should become a member!)

Location

Scribe Video Center
4212 Chestnut St 3rd Floor
Philadelphia
, PA, 19104

See map: Google Maps

As spring beckons, enjoy a program of river stories all from the banks of the Schuylkill and Wissahickon. Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers (2008, 14 min), co-directed by Shannon Kane Meddock, Mike Attie and Andrew Schwalm, is an intimate, funny and touching glimpse into the little known world of urban fishing. When a good day fishing has come and gone, Philadelphia’s waterways yield a bounty far more valuable than the fish themselves. Free the River Park (2008, 15 min) by Evolve Strategies chronicles the protracted fight against CSX Railroad’s effort to block the community access to the Schuylkill River. The doc inspires other groups on how to successfully wage grassroots organizing campaigns to improve and protect their communities. Community organizers from Manayunk reveal their “Precious Place” – the Manayunk Canal. Ann Tegnell and Sharon Mullally’s Knee Deep (2004, 30 min) follows volunteers from the Center in the Park Senior Environment Corps of Germantown who have all taken on the task of sampling and testing water of regional creeks leaving a generation of long-term data they have collected is the joyful legacy of education and commitment to the environment.

Hooked on YouTube

The trailer for Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers is now available on YouTube:

We’ll be announcing another public screening shortly.

Hooked Screening on MindTV

Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers will have its television premiere on December 25th, followed by encore presentations on the 27th and 28th. MindTV is channel 35 in the Philadelphia region.  Here’s the schedule of Hooked showings:  

Thursday
12/25/08
10 PM

Saturday 
12/27/08
9 PM

Sunday
12/28/08
1 PM

You can watch the whole series of Philadelphia Stories 6 here.  

Hooked at the First Person Festival!

Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers will be part of the Salon du Festival at the First Person Festival this Thursday, November 13th, right after Okie Noodling 2!  The Festival is at The Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St.  Come at 7pm for Okie Noodling 2 and stay for the Salon du Festival.  We’ll have beer, if that makes a difference.  

You do NOT have to have seen the first Okie Noodling for any of it to make sense.  Here’s the trailer: 

“Spirit of Red Hook” winner at the Red Hook Film Festival

We’re pleased to announce that Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers was awarded the Spirit of Red Hook award a the Red Hook International Film Festival!  And we’re doubly pleased that the award comes with Key Lime Pies from Steve’s Authentic in Red Hook.  (His main site seems to be down, but there’s this and this.)

Red Hook Film Festival Screening Confirmed

Hooked: Philly’s Urban Anglers is going on the road, to Red Hook, Brooklyn!

Hooked will screen as part of the “Cities and Water” Program at the Red Hook Film Festival on Saturday October 11th at 4pm.

Here’s the festival website and Myspace page.

And check out some of the blog coverage so far:

Pardon Me For Asking

Nathan Kensinger Photography (Kensinger is the festival programmer, and clearly a lover of waterfronts!)

Art in Brooklyn

Hooked to screen at Red Hook International Film Festival in Brooklyn

The screening time has not yet been announced.  I’ll update as soon as it is.  Festival website is here.

Festival screenings will take place on October 11 & 12th
at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition’s new screening room,
499 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York.