REEL Change Thursday Shorts
Standing the Test of Time
Julie Rainbow (LTA '16, ACG '14)
The film highlights the stories of African American couples that have been married thirty years or more. They share information about the trials and tribulations of their relationships. "Embrace Love, Embrace Us, Embrace You" - Listen to African American elders share their stories about long-lasting love. Couples featured in "Standing the Test of Time: Love Stories of African American Elders" speak about how their love has lasted.
City Harvest
Debbie Rudman (ACG '16, '09)
This is the story of the City Harvest program, a collaborative partnership in gardening addressing institutional rehabilitation, community integration and improved nutrition. Through cycles of change and growth, prison inmates taking part in the “roots of re-entry” greenhouse program, network with neighborhood gardens to grow produce to be distributed to local food cupboards across Philadelphia. The documentary is an uplifting look at a radical social program changing people’s lives for the better.