Love Letter For You Screening and Q&A

Join us as we screen A Love Letter for You by award-winning director, Joey Garfield. A Love Letter For You seamlessly mixes documentary and narrative, love and loss, community and solidarity, art and crime, to paint a compelling portrait of two artists and their impact on the neighborhood they grew up in. The film documents the notorious graffiti legend, Stephen “ESPO” Powers as he returns to his old stomping grounds in Philadelphia to paint a series of murals on 50 rooftops along the Market train line. The film also weaves in the fictional narrative of FIRE, a young graffiti king who is fresh out of prison on a quest to win back the love and attention of his ex-girlfriend. A Love Letter For You mixes a local cast with real-life characters as they rediscover the soul of West Philly and its dynamic community. The film is a multi-faceted project by Stephen Powers with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and is sponsored by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative.

After the screening join us for a sit-down discussion between artist, Stephen “ESPO” Powers, and director, Joey Garfield.