Phil Thomas (right) and The ‘G’ Word crew with their prize. (Photos courtesy of Phil Thomas)
The Sloppy Film Fest (Facebook page), a neighborhood festival of short DIY films, took place at the Beaumont Warehouse on Saturday and we hear it was a great success. Today, we present a film that won the Audience Prize for best film. The film is called The ‘G’ Word (“G” for “Gentrification”) and is mostly set in West Philly (Clark Park and Baltimore Avenue).
Phil Thomas wrote and directed the film (thanks, Phil, for sending us the info). The cast and crew are all West Philly folks: Phil, Andy Holman, John H Dukes, and Heidi M. Smithee. Phil hopes that you’ll enjoy the film and says that his crew will be shooting more movies in West Philly.
Here it is:
September 9th, 2014 at 10:24 pm
Wow! A film about West Philly that didn’t mention any black-owned businesses, nor include any black people. Typical ‘gentrified’ narrow lens bull-ish!
September 10th, 2014 at 11:07 am
After reviewing the video, there was one black-owned business mentioned. Still no black people though.
September 10th, 2014 at 12:06 pm
Go make your own video about how obnoxious it is for gentrifiers and people who want to live in gentrified areas to simultaneously refuse to participate in gentrification – that’s what I thought the point of the video was. Or hey! Make a video about black-owned businesses in West Philly!