Pitch: What is the story?
Based in downtown Allentown, PA, Center City Thrift will follow a unique thrift shop which provides free community wifi. The owner, Kevin Easterling, uses profits from the shop to provide this internet access through numerous hub spots in the city. This film will interrogate the accessibility and necessity of public wifi in the city of Allentown. The film will explore how a store such as Center City Thrift helps provide access to not only inexpensive clothing and household goods, but also to what should be considered a luxurious commodity; one that is expensive, but becoming vital in our 21st century society. We plan on telling this story through interviews with Easterling, community members, and customers of the shop.
-Ayanna, Annie, Reggie
Notes: Things we are thinking about?
-the birth of the store and why he wanted to support the community access to wifi program
-Who do we want to interview/consider?
-Kevin Easterling
-maybe a sociology professor?? (to talk about accessibility and how institutions limit that)
-maybe people who frequent the shop//community members
-Visual components and aesthetics
-B-roll of the shop and Easterling working in the shop…
I like the idea that you all are introducing. It is vital to understand the functions that small business serve within our communities. To me it sounds like Center City Thrift has assumed the added role of providing a social good to the community that supports them. I look forward to seeing how you all present the story of this socially responsible business.