SIFTMedia 215 Collective Inc. (Sisters in Film & Television) is a support system of independent media artists who work in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and provide a community of support for socially conscious women identified filmmakers. Our goal at SIFTMedia is to amplify the work and create opportunities for Black and Latinx Women content creators.
Since June 2020 we have held online workshops and screenings to demystify the process of filmmaking. Participants tune in from Brazil to the Philippines, and across the USA. We just completed our first anthology documentary THE COVID1619 PROJECT and had the Philadelphia Premiere on September 23rd, 2023 at the
Women's Film Festival (see video above).
THE COVID1619 PROJECT looks at the impact of the dual pandemics of systemic racism and COVID-19 in order to will our communities in dealing with the trauma of COVID-19 by focusing on the invisible and forgotten.
Projects in development include: Definitive Black: The PHL Negro, which looks at the impact of Black folks from Philadelphia on the global liberation struggle of people of African decent.
Member Roll Call: Eboni Zamani, Kristal Sotomayor, Lois Moses, Stephanie Malson, Yolonda Johnson-Young, Nikki Harmon, Jos Duncan, Martha Conley, Melissa Beatriz, Tatiana Bacchus.
For more information contact Nikki Harmon and/or Nadine Patterson at siftmedia215@gmail.com
Learn More: https://siftmedia215.org/