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South Africa

South Africa: Politics, Identity and Public Art

April 29, 2012charper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuTe7AbkXhU This documentary focuses on the public art of South Africa, including that created after democracy came to the country.

Abandoned Property

Kensington: Renewal Rehabs Abandoned Properties to Help the Community to Lower Crime

April 25, 2012

https://vimeo.com/41123683] Finding a really helpful neighbor can at times be difficult in some urban areas, particularly on blocks where one-third of the properties are abandoned and vacant. However, if you live on the 900 block

Featured Stories

South Africa: Organization Trains Country’s Photographers

April 21, 2012charper

https://vimeo.com/40658187] The Market Photo Workshop is a training institute created by photographer David Goldblatt during the apartheid years. The group began as a effort to give disenfranchised South Africans the opportunity to train and then work as

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South Africa: The Peoples’ Doctor and the Revolutionary

April 21, 2012charper

https://vimeo.com/40663260] This documentary tells the story of a medical doctor and anti-apartheid activist, Abu Asvat, who was killed by two gunmen while treating his patients in Soweto in 1989. The documentary uses interviews with black

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South Africa: Martial Arts Crosses Racial Lines

April 21, 2012charper

https://vimeo.com/40633136] This documentary focuses on Ken To Fude No Ryu Kenshu Kai Karate, a dojo and fitness center that defied racial apartheid policies by training people of all races during apartheid rule. Martial arts master Hanshi Solly

Abandoned Property

Kensington: The Neighborhood Tries to Cope With the Fire’s Aftermath

April 10, 2012

The blocks that surround the abandoned warehouse, located at 1871 E. York St., which caught fire early Monday morning, continue to be off-limits as construction workers and firefighters spent countless hours trying to clear the

Abandoned Property

Kensington: The Fire and The Aftermath

April 10, 2012tua97476

https://vimeo.com/40147019] Imagine waking up at 3 a.m. to sirens, bright lights and smoke-filled air. Your block is almost completely engulfed in flames. For the next two days the place that you call home would be

Abandoned Property

Kensington: Investigation Ongoing Into Fire That Left Two Fire Fighters Dead

April 9, 2012

Demolition crews worked into the afternoon, knocking down brick after brick of what once was an abandoned warehouse, located at 1871 York St., in a blaze that left two fire fighters dead. A warehouse went

Abandoned Property

Mantua: Youth Group Tries to Rejuventate Shuttered Church

March 14, 2012

At the corner of 34th and Brandywine streets is an abandoned church, a sight not uncommon in Philadelphia. However, this church isn’t being left to rot until someone scoops up the property for development. New

Bella Vista

South Philadelphia: George W. Nebinger Elementary School Survives

December 7, 2011

https://vimeo.com/33277213] For George W. Nebinger School, Nov. 2 stood as a significant tick on the school’s timeline. That day, the School District of Philadelphia announced it would close nine schools in an effort to alleviate

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