Video of First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Easter worship, 2020.
Video was prerecorded for viewing on Easter Sunday, April 12, while the
church was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also available on Vimeo.
Creator:
First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (creator)
Film made by six 11 to 14 year old boys living in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania--Barry Griffen, James Lucas, Ronald Mapp, Luerell Mapp, Michael
Watters, Howard White--who were taught to shoot, develop and edit film. In
1966, Robert D. Stoddard, a recent graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary
and assistant pastor at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.),
developed the Tabernacle Film Club for West Philadelphia children of junior
high school age. Stoddard's initial notion was to have the children film
adaptations of Bible stories. A professor at the University of Pennsylvania's
Annenberg School of Communication, Sol Worth, advised Stoddard to let the
children simply roam with the camera. Funding for the project was raised from
the Board of Christian Education and from the Presbyterian Women's Thank
Offering. An Annenberg student, Ben Achtenberg, served as director. "Not Much
To Do" premiered at the Annenberg School on Monday, November 14, 1966.
Creator:
Achtenberg, Ben. (director)
Subject names:
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Film club., Annenberg School of Communications (University of Pennsylvania), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education.
Includes "Sudan: A Hunger for Peace"; "Building Communities," Norris Square,
Philadelphia land trust and housing cooperative; "That They May Be Heard,"
Matamoros maquiladora workers; "Opening Doors," Interfaith Hospitality
Network; "Holy Trees," northern Ethiopia reforestation; "Sharing Seeds,"
agricultural cooperative, Beattyville, Kentucky; "When the Wind Blows,"
interfaith disaster recovery; longform version of IHN homelessness outreach;
"Touchpoint," newsmagazine/promo featuring work among Brazilian children.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Communications and Funds Development. Media Services., Hatfield, Jeff., Krome, Alan., One Great Hour of Sharing.
Topics:
Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Women offshore assembly industry workers--Mexico--Matamoros (Tamaulipas), Church work with the homeless., Reforestation--Ethiopia., Agriculture, Cooperative--Appalachian Region., Church work with disaster victims., Church work with children--Brazil.
The true story of the brutal murder of Korean exchange student In Ho Oh by a
group of eleven black teenagers in Philadelphia during the spring of 1958.
The film examines the background and trial of the teenagers, and the response
from In Ho Oh's Christian parents, in the form of a letter, asking for
forgiveness and mercy for the murderers. The film ends with the funeral
ceremony at Old Pine St. Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.
Subject names:
Oh, In Ho, 1931-1958., Byers, Arthur M., 1915-, Young, Lloyd E., Martin, W. Burton (Walter Burton), 1915-, Carmichael, H. Kenn (Herbert Kenneth), 1908-, Douglas, Hugh., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Meeting held to discuss the merger of the First Synod of the West (United
Presbyterian Church of North America) and the Synod of Pittsburgh (United
Presbyterian Church of North America) with the Synod of Pennsylvania
(Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.) to form the Synod of Pennsylvania (United
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.).
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church of North America. First Synod of the West., United Presbyterian Church of North America. Synod of Pittsburgh., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Pennsylvania., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Pennsylvania., Beulah Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)