"Places of Power"

The 2020 Community Voices grant will support continued production of “Places of Power” an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) documentary and web-based app inviting viewers to experience disinvested neighborhoods in Philadelphia anew, as a tapestry of knowledge, healing, and civic leadership. The project will feature and engage community residents in immersive media using virtual reality. It will explore themes related to the unseen power held by longtime residents and spaces in a neighborhood.

To co-create a Virtual Reality (VR) project with Latinx and Cambodian community leaders and amplify the stories of their communities through the “Places of Power” documentary and web-based app. The project invites viewers to experience disinvested neighborhoods in Philadelphia anew, as a tapestry of knowledge, healing, and civic leadership. Recipient of 2021 Community Voices grant.