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Nanny: An Immigrant Drowned

(03/19/23 1:49am)

Where is the horror in babysitting? Could it be the responsibility, temper tantrums, job insecurity, stepping on a concealed LEGO? For Aisha (Anna Diop), the horror is the threat of nanny-cams and the overbearing parents she works for. Dir. Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny follows Aisha, a new to the States Senegalese woman, who was recently hired by a white, Manhattanite couple, Amy and Adam, to govern their picky-eater daughter, Rose. It is not French lessons or skipped pay that haunts Aisha though, but the ancestral power, spirits, and violent visions the job awakens in her.


Wolf’s Budget Proposal Sparks Uncertainty in the Charter Community

(03/31/22 4:56pm)

Last year, Governor Wolf released a 21-22 budget proposal for charters across PA to streamline school funding, limit administrative corruption, and reduce overspending on the state's charters. PA’s charters have become increasingly under fire after the PA School Board Association in 2016 took many charters to trial after being uncooperative with financial investigations. The introduction of ultra profitable cyber charters (receiving the same funding per student as physical charters without the housing costs) has also made many skeptics of the whole charter system.


Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival: Get Tickets to Attend The Screenings Today!

(03/30/22 1:01pm)

Philadelphia Film Society (PFS) is now a day away from its four-day Green Screen: Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival (PEFF) from March 31st - April 3rd. Hosted at the Philadelphia Film Center at 1412 Chestnut, PFS produced this festival of eleven short to feature-length films to inspire our Philly to do right by the Earth.