Film Screening & Discussion on Housing, Displacement, and Homelessness
April 23rd, 7pm
International House

Join Bread & Roses Community Fund and local activists for the Philadelphia premier of P. Baltimore and a discussion on housing, displacement and homelessness in Philadelphia.

Presented by Barbara Smith Community School in partnership with Community Leadership Institute, Anti Displacement Solidarity Committee, Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront and the African American Business and Residents Association.

Why are people abandoned on the streets when there are so many abandoned buildings? How will Casinos change our neighborhoods? What impact will Industrial Transformation Districts have on our community? Looking for answers to these and other questions about our neighborhoods?

P. Baltimore (dir. Eran Preis) is a documentary about Patricia Baltimore, a proud, outspoken African American woman who spent seven years on the streets of Philadelphia. The documentary explores homelessness as a lived experience and questions whether a home is a privilege or a right.

Discussion to follow with Patricia Baltimore; Al Alston, African American Business and Residences Association; Lena Helen, Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront; Carolyn Thomas,and David Dunbeck, Horizon House.

$10 general admission. Available 1/2 hour before showtime at the box office.

For more information 215-731-1107 x204 or sarah@breadrosesfund.org.