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Free the River Park

🎞️ Movie 15 min --
2008

The film explores a neighborhood's ultimately victorious efforts to create and preserve at grade access to the Schuylkill River Park despite the adamant objections of the CSX Railroad. The short documentary film chronicles the protracted grass-roots fight against CSX and their effort to block the community's access to the Schuylkill river. It serves to inspire and instruct other organizations on how to successfully wage network-centric organizing campaigns to improve and protect their own communities.

Cast

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Darrell Clarke
Philadelphia City Councilman
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Bill Goetz
CSX Resident Vice-president
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Kevin E. Gruenfeld
Co-founding president Philly Runners
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Babette Josephs
State Representative
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Arden J. Kass
Park User
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Jack Kelly
Philadelphia City Councilman
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Russell Meddin
Schuylkill River Park Alliance co-coordinator
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Michael Nutter
Mayor of Philadelphia
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John Randolph
Founder - Schuylkill River Development Council
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John F. Street
Former Mayor of Philadelphia
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The Great Unknown
Composer
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Chad Jenkins
Cinematographer