Artifact Pictures : Studio News

It was a busy May; Artifact also completed post-production on The View from Amber Street (2008 ), an update and extension of our 2006 documentary. The new film will air on WYBE as part of the Philadelphia Stories Series. The View from Amber Street documents a pair of industrial buildings in Philadelphia – their history, the neighborhood they inhabit, and the unique balance of manufacturers and artists who are its tenants, past and present. During the course of making the film, the buildings were sold, raising questions about the building’s future as an integrated center for art and industry. At the crossroads of both gentrification and globalization, the Amber Street buildings are representative of a neighborhood, a city, and a national economy in transition.