AT FIRSTGLANCE: Wild West of Broad

Residents on the western side of North Broad Street have been faced with the deterioration of their hood, and they're pointing fingers at Temple University.

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AT FIRSTGLANCE: Wild West of Broad

POSTED: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 2:00 PM
Filed Under: Movies | Film Fest Movie Review

Check this space all week for coverage and reviews of the 2011 FirstGlance Film Festival.

Residents on the western side of North Broad Street have been faced with the deterioration of their hood, with buildings becoming vacant, trash accumulating and graffiti on the rise. And Wild West of Broad points the finger at Temple University for failing to give back to its surrounding community. Most of the 22-minute doc — produced by Temple film student Ian Rose is made up of interviews with the locals. The majority of the subjects agree that the local businesses sprouting up in the area have created jobs and local commerce, but they all believe there's still work to be done. They point the finger at Temple students, but can the tagging and apartment buildings being vacated really be caused by them? Regardless, as students continue to live farther from campus and deeper into their neighborhood, the community simply asks that Temple start returning the favor somehow.

Sun., Oct. 16, 3:15 p.m., $8, screens with Bip Bip, Ruby Skye P.I.: The Spam Scam, Connect To, Burma: An Indictment, Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St., firstglancefilms.com/philadelphia.

CITY PAPER GRADE: B-

(brian.wilensky@citypaper.net)

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