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bringing the under-represented and eclectic to the forefront of the Philadelphia cinema scene
We are a Philadelphia-based cinema and film publication that engages diverse audiences through our globally-minded contemporary and repertory independent film programming; creating space and centering the stories of individuals and communities that are often underrepresented in mainstream cinema. We promote community togetherness and global understanding by engaging film enthusiasts while cultivating the next generation of discerning moviegoers; encouraging people to demand social justice both on-screen and throughout society
cinéSPEAK is an independent charitable 501(c)(3).
10/13/2026
✊🏽🎥 What can happen when workers come together and demand something better?
We’re getting closer to the Philadelphia Premiere of Who Moves America, screening Tuesday, October 27 with cinéSPEAK at People's Cinema Club! 📦🚚
The documentary follows UPS workers across America as they deliver packages, connect communities, and organize for better working conditions. It’s an up-close look at the labor that is often invisible in our everyday lives and the collective power workers can build when they stand together. ❤️🔥
The screening closes out our October programming for Collective Futures, a citywide project celebrating Philadelphia’s artist-run spaces, DIY venues, and community-based initiatives. Throughout the month, cinéSPEAK has been exploring the American worker and uplifting artists as workers and partners in grassroots labor movements. 🎨🤝🏽
⏰ Tuesday Night Plans:
—6:30 PM: Doors Open 🚪
—7:00 PM: Film Begins 🎞️
—8:30 PM: Q&A with the film team and Philly Black Worker Project!
📍 Village of Industry and Art
📅 Tuesday, October 27
🎟️ FREE + accessible admission
Bring a friend, grab a seat, and spend your Tuesday night at the movies with us. 🍿✨
People's Cinema Club is curated by BlackStar, cinéSPEAK, Philadelphia Asian American Film Foundation & Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival. This series is powered by BlackStar Projects & produced in part thanks to support from The Knight Foundation. 🍿🌟
🔗 RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/who-moves-america-tickets-2001397408525
10/08/2026
Next week! cinéKIDZ x YES to Consent present a special screening of Turning Red on Saturday, October 17th, at the Kingsessing Free Library! 🎥
Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda. 🐼🟥
In October, we are delighted to host YES! Your Empowered Sexuality as our guest curators and program facilitators. YES! provides intersectional, consent-based, shame-free sexuality education to all people using interactive workshops, social media, and other mediums. Join YES! and cinéSPEAK for a day of learning, play, and empowerment for elementary schoolers. Together, we'll explore themes of changing bodies, handling embarrassment, friendship, and self-love through stories, art, and play. 📚🤓
⏰ Event Flow:
—12:00 PM: Doors Open
—Throughout the event:
🍲 Complimentary lunch from Renata's Kitchen
🍿 Movie-theater-style popcorn by cinéSPEAK
—12:15 PM: Story time with YES! 📖
—12:30–2:10 PM: Turning Red 🎞️
—2:10–3:00 PM: Cookies + post-screening activities with YES! 🍪
Stick around to unpack the themes of the film through interactive play and dialogue, plus enjoy cookies from Darnel's Cakes!
—3:00 PM: Event Wraps
Don’t miss this great chance for the kids to experience learning, community, and fun, all in one.
RSVP: https://cinespeak.eventive.org/schedule/6a74c1dc707ca329d8bb2a9a
10/07/2026
🧟🎥 Looking for a zombie movie to get you into the spooky season AND a chance to celebrate National Native American Heritage Month?
You’re in luck! We're screening the cult Indigenous horror film Blood Quantum! 🪶🍿
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’kmaq reserve of Red Crow, but its Indigenous inhabitants are strangely immune to the zombie plague. Bloody, irreverent, and unapologetically Indigenous, Blood Quantum flips the traditional zombie movie on its head while exploring survival, colonialism, and community. 🧟♂️❤️🔥
Join us for a special conversation hosted by Wi-Moto Nyoka of Dusky Projects. BYO-friends and snacks and settle in for a night of Indigenous horror! 🍺🎞️
⏰ Event Flow:
—7:00–8:45 PM: Blood Quantum 🎬
—Post-screening conversation with Wi-Moto Nyoka 🎤
📍NEW VENUE: The Rotunda
📅 NEW DATE: October 21
🎟️ RSVP to save your seat
Come see the zombie movie that might just have Romero spinning in his grave. 🧟♀️🪦 Plus, you’ll have fun AND be home and in bed before 10!
🔗 RSVP: https://cinespeak.eventive.org/schedule/6a79d8adaf5cc17746ba01be
10/06/2026
NEXT WEEK! On October 15, cinéSPEAK and National Domestic Workers Alliance Pennsylvania come together at Vox Populi for a special work-in-progress presentation of American Worker: The Labor to Belong from filmmaker Thien Dinh.
Through the perspective of an AAPI immigrant filmmaker, the documentary asks a timely question: Who gets to count as an American worker, and who has historically been excluded from that definition?
Come see a 40-minute excerpt from the film, then stay for a community conversation with Thien Dinh and organizers from the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
Presented as part of Collective Futures and cinéSPEAK’s October exploration of the American worker and the role of artists as workers supporting grassroots labor movements.
⏰ Event Flow:
—6:30 PM: Doors open + community gathering with light refreshments
—7:00–7:40 PM: Work-in-progress screening 🎬
—7:40–8:10 PM: Community dialogue 🎤
📍 Vox Populi, 319 N. 11th Street, 3rd Floor
📅 October 15
🎟️ RSVP: https://cinespeak.eventive.org/schedule/6a7e129c2ce23b11c30b8976
Thien Dinh and NDWA PA's collaboration is made possible with the support of The Leeway Foundation.
10/05/2026
✨ cinéSPEAK is proud to be part of Collective Futures!
From October 2 through November 15, Collective Futures is bringing together more than 40 artist-run spaces, DIY venues, and community-based organizations for six weeks of exhibitions, performances, workshops, screenings, conversations, and gatherings across Philadelphia.
Throughout October, cinéSPEAK will explore the American worker, artists as workers, collective storytelling, and the role art and media can play in supporting grassroots movements and building community.
Join us for four programs:
🎬 THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED in partnership with Batikh Batikh
📅 October 10 at 7:00 PM
📍 The Rotunda
🎬 AMERICAN WORKER: THE LABOR TO BELONG
📅 October 15 at 6:30 PM
📍 Vox Populi
🖼️ WHAT POWER DOES AN IMAGE HOLD? PANEL
📅 October 24, 12:00–1:30 PM
📍 Asian Arts Initative
🎥 WHO MOVES AMERICA *Philadelphia Premiere* as part of People's Cinema Club
📅 October 27 at 6:30 PM
📍 Village of Industry and Art
🎟️ Explore the full festival and save the dates: https://www.collectivefutures.info/
10/04/2026
🎬 TONIGHT! NEW LOCATION & TIME! 🌧️ Join cinéSPEAK at Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures School (1023 Callowhill St) for ’s People’s Media Camp 2026.
We’re gathering outdoors for a special screening of Louis Massiah’s The Bombing of Osage Avenue, a landmark documentary examining the 1985 MOVE bombing and its place within the histories of Black Philadelphia, MOVE, and the Cobbs Creek neighborhood.
We’ll begin the evening with a screening followed by a grounding session and community conversation.
⏰ Event Flow:
—4:00 PM: The Bombing of Osage Avenue 🎬
—5:00 PM: Grounding session + community conversation
📍 (1023 Callowhill)
📅 TODAY, October 4
🎟️ RSVP to save your seat in the link in bio.
10/03/2026
Who counts as an American worker? 🎬
Join cinéSPEAK and National Domestic Workers Alliance Pennsylvania for a special work-in-progress presentation of American Worker: The Labor to Belong with director Thien Dinh at Vox Populi.
Set against political and economic instability, the documentary examines how the idea of the “American worker” has been constructed and enforced, and what belonging means for immigrant workers today.
Following a 40-minute excerpt, we’ll gather for a community dialogue with the filmmaker and organizers from the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
This event is part of our contribution to Collective Futures, a six-week citywide project activating Philadelphia’s artist-run spaces, DIY venues, and community-based initiatives.
⏰ Event Flow:
—6:30 PM: Doors open + community gathering with light refreshments
—7:00–7:40 PM: American Worker: The Labor to Belong (work-in-progress) screening 🎬
—7:40–8:10 PM: Community dialogue with Thien Dinh + NDWA organizers 🎤
📍 Vox Populi, 319 N. 11th Street, 3rd Floor
📅 October 15
🎟️ RSVP: https://cinespeak.eventive.org/schedule/6a7e129c2ce23b11c30b8976
Thien Dinh and NDWA PA's collaboration is made possible with the support of The Leeway Foundation.
10/02/2026
🎬 OCTOBER AT cinéSPEAK 🎬
October is packed with films, conversations, community gatherings, and family programming across Philadelphia! Save the dates and join us all month long. 🍿
📽️ PEOPLE’S MEDIA CAMP: THE BOMBING OF OSAGE AVENUE with People's Media Record
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Washington Square
📅 October 4
👁️ Collective Futures: THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED in-partnership with Batikh Batikh
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 The Rotunda
📅 October 10
🎬 AMERICAN WORKER: THE LABOR TO BELONG *Work in Progress* with director in person!
⏰ 6:30 PM
📍 Vox Populi
📅 October 15
🐼 cinéKIDZ: TURNING RED in-partnership Yes! ToConsent
⏰ 12:00 PM
📍 Kingsessing Library
📅 October 17
🧟 BLOOD QUANTUM in-partnership with Dusky Projects
⏰ 6:30 PM
📍 The Rotunda
📅 October 21
🖼️ Collective Futures: WHAT POWER DOES AN IMAGE HOLD? panel discussion
⏰ 12:30 PM
📍 Asian Arts Initiative
📅 October 24
🎥 Collective Futures: WHO MOVES AMERICA — PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE with director in person and in partnership with Philly Black Workers for People's Cinema Club
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Village of Industry and Art
📅 October 27
✨ Seven events. One very full October.
Come see a film, bring a friend, meet your neighbors, and join us for independent cinema across Philadelphia.
🎟️ RSVP: https://cinespeak.org/cinema/
10/01/2026
NEW DATE & VENUE: October 21st at The Rotunda: Celebrate National Native American Heritage Month with us—We're screening Jeff Barnaby's cult indie horror film, Blood Quantum. 🪶🎞️
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’kmaq reserve of Red Crow, but its Indigenous inhabitants are strangely immune to the zombie plague. Blood Quantum is scary, irreverent, and unapologetically Indigenous, turning the zombie genre on its head while exploring survival, colonialism, and community. 🧟♂️❤️🔥
Before the film, join us for a special conversation hosted by Wi-Moto Nyoka of Dusky Projects. Then grab a drink, settle in, and get ready for a bloody good night at the movies! 🍺🍿
⏰ Event Flow:
—Arrive early for happy hour specials 🍻
—7:00–8:45 PM: Blood Quantum
—Post-screening conversation with Wi-Moto Nyoka of Dusky Projects🎤 🎬
📍 The Rotunda
📅 October 21
🎟️ RSVP to save your seat, donations welcomed
Come for the zombies, stay for an unforgettable celebration of Indigenous horror and storytelling. Plus, you’ll have fun AND be home and in bed before 10! 🧟♀️✨
🔗 RSVP: https://cinespeak.eventive.org/schedule/6a79d8adaf5cc17746ba01be
10/01/2026
This month! Join cinéKIDZ and YES! to consent for a special screening of Turning Red on Saturday, October 17th, at the Kingsessing Library! 🎥🏛️
Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda. 🐼🟥
In October, we are delighted to host YES! Your Empowered Sexuality as our guest curators and program facilitators. YES! provides intersectional, consent-based, shame-free sexuality education to all people using interactive workshops, social media, and other mediums. Join YES! and cinéSPEAK for a day of learning, play, and empowerment for elementary schoolers. Together, we'll explore themes of changing bodies, handling embarrassment, friendship, and self-love through stories, art, and play. 📚🤓
⏰ Event Flow:
—12:00 PM: Doors Open
—Throughout the event:
🍲 Complimentary lunch from Renata's Kitchen
🍿 Movie-theater-style popcorn by cinéSPEAK
—12:15 PM: Story time with YES! 📖
—12:30–2:10 PM: Turning Red 🎞️
—2:10–3:00 PM: Cookies + post-screening activities with YES! 🍪
Stick around to unpack the themes of the film through interactive play and dialogue, plus enjoy cookies from Darnel's Cakes!
—3:00 PM: Event Wraps
Don’t turn green by missing this event. Register: https://cinespeak.eventive.org/schedule/6a74c1dc707ca329d8bb2a9a
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