Tenants of Lenapehocking in the Age of Magnets (2026)

Step into the magnetic pulse of 20th-century North Philadelphia, where the Black community forged a powerhouse of culture, politics, and social change that echoed across the nation. *Tenants of Lenapehocking in the Age of Magnets* weaves together vivid oral histories from elders like Chief Robert Redhawk Ruth, Dr. Rae Alexander-Minter, and Elaine Brown, set against the industrial rise of electromagnetic technology. This documentary reclaims a sliver of the Lenape’s ancestral land between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, bringing its stories to life through the archival lens of photographer John W. Mosely. From the voices of Rev. Joseph Williams, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Karen Warrington, these electrifying narratives reveal a community whose legacy still hums with power.