JUST DO IT: The Jungle screening, Sept. 24, with original cast members in attendance

Photo | Temple University Libraries We just got word that The Jungle, a short film about gang members in 1960s North Philly (which Shaun Brady told us all about last week), is not only being screened next weekend at Scribe, but the young men who appeared in the film will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A. Here's what Shaun had to say about the film: When the Library of Congress announced the list of films that would be preserved as part of its 2009 National Film Registry, alongside such landmark titles as Michael Jackson's Thriller, Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West and Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon sat a little-known 1967 short titled The Jungle. Created by a group of African-American gang members in North Philly under the supervision of Temple social worker Harold Haskins, the gritty, remarkable 22-minute film circulated on the educational market for years. Visit Scribe on Sept. 24 to watch the film and chat with Haskins and the men who made the film happen. Fri., Sept. 24, 7 p.m., $5, Scribe Video Center, 4212 Chestnut St., Third Floor, scribe.org.

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JUST DO IT: The Jungle screening, Sept. 24, with original cast members in attendance

POSTED: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 9:00 PM

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Photo | Temple University Libraries

We just got word that The Jungle, a short film about gang members in 1960s North Philly (which Shaun Brady told us all about last week), is not only being screened next weekend at Scribe, but the young men who appeared in the film will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A. Here's what Shaun had to say about the film:

When the Library of Congress announced the list of films that would be preserved as part of its 2009 National Film Registry, alongside such landmark titles as Michael Jackson's Thriller, Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West and Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon sat a little-known 1967 short titled The Jungle. Created by a group of African-American gang members in North Philly under the supervision of Temple social worker Harold Haskins, the gritty, remarkable 22-minute film circulated on the educational market for years.

Visit Scribe on Sept. 24 to watch the film and chat with Haskins and the men who made the film happen. Fri., Sept. 24, 7 p.m., $5, Scribe Video Center, 4212 Chestnut St., Third Floor, scribe.org.

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