Teen filmmaker Matthew Seife shares his experience of having a film screen at the Tribeca Film Festival and participating in the Tribeca Film Fellows program, where he pitched a film with hopes of getting it funded.
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Project VoiceScape: PBS NewsHour Extra Interviews Filmmakers Angel Gatus and Emileigh Potter
PBS NewsHour Extra catches up with two of Project VoiceScape’s award-winning teens.
Continue reading this entry »Check out ‘This Gay and Age’ in Observance of Spirit Day!
Observed annually on October 20th, Spirit Day encourages people to show their support for LGBT youth, simply by wearing purple. Check out the 2011 Project Voicescape Best Documentary Award winner This Gay and Age to hear LGBT youth speak about the issues they are faced with.
Continue reading this entry »Project Voicescape: Meet the Local Organizations Behind 10 Youth-Made Documentaries
Find out more about the local organizations that hosted many of the young Project VoiceScape filmmakers, provided technology and mentorship for media production, and even convinced them to submit their films!
Continue reading this entry »Project VoiceScape: Watch Alejandra Gama’s TEDxRedmond Talk
Congratulations to Project VoiceScape filmmaker Alejandra Gama, who spoke last week at TEDxRedmond about her passion for storytelling and the importance of youth speaking out on issues important to them.
Continue reading this entry »Project VoiceScape: Watch the Full Films and Vote for Your Favorite!
Young filmmakers who won production grants earlier this year are now competing for the 2011 Project VoiceScape Audience Award. Watch the films and vote for your favorite before 9/30!
Continue reading this entry »Project VoiceScape: Meet Filmmakers Damari Lawrence, Jyoti Gurung and Lal Thapa
Three young documentarians from Oakland, California, investigated sex trafficking on notorious strip of International Boulevard in a Project VoiceScape grant-winning film, The Track. The filmmakers are now completing production with the guidance of media professionals including Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, director of the award-winning New Muslim Cool.
Continue reading this entry »Project VoiceScape: Filmmaker Alejandra Gama to Speak at TEDxRedmond
This Saturday (Sept. 10, 2011), you can watch a live TEDx talk from Project VoiceScape grant-winning teen Alejandra Gama about her documentary Right To Be An American.
Continue reading this entry »Project VoiceScape: Meet Filmmakers Mohamed Gardner and Imani Peterkin
Imani Peterkin and Mohamed Gardner (of Albany, NY) are Project VoiceScape’s youngest filmmaking grant winners. Their documentary Seeds of Hope, which tells the story of a woman who built an inner-city garden in response to gun violence, is being completed at Youth FX with the guidance of award-winning filmmaker Musa Syeed (Bronx Princess).
Continue reading this entry »Project VoiceScape: Meet Filmmaker Jesus Manuel Villalba
Teen Jesus Manuel Villalba, of Bronx, N.Y., is documenting how community gardens in New York City are helping immigrants maintain their culture in his film, Gardens of Justice. The Project VoiceScape grant-winning film is being completed with the guidance of mentor documentarian Linda Goode Bryant (Flag Wars).
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