Congratulations to all the participants in Project VoiceScape and to the winners of awards in 2011!
Best Documentary - Morgan Wilcock ('This Gay and Age')
Most Inspiring Documentary - Emileigh Potter ('The DREAMER')
Audience Award - Angel Gatus ('Musical Warrior')
In 2011, Project VoiceScape, a collaboration between the Adobe Foundation's global signature philanthropy program Adobe Youth Voices, the PBS Foundation and POV, public television's longest-running showcase for independent nonfiction films, awarded grants to 15 projects by young documentarians. Read more about Project VoiceScape »
Watch the films and meet these talented young filmmakers below, and keep up with Project VoiceScape news on the Project VoiceScape blog.
The 2011 Project VoiceScape Filmmakers
Imani Peterkin and Mohamed Gardner (Albany, N.Y.)
Seeds of Hope - A mother turns tragedy into hope after her son is killed.View this film »
Alejandra Gama (Goodyear, Ariz.)
Right To Be An American - Children of illegal immigrants in Arizona and their struggles.View this film »
Winner, 2011 Audience Award
Angel Gatus (San Diego, Calif.)
Musical Warrior - A young boy with cancer inspires others to care through music and friendship.View this film »
Drew Morton Goldsmith (Middleton, Wis.)
No Pity - Autism disability self-advocates' empowered response to our culture's pity for the disabled.View this film »
Negesti Cantave (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Bed Stuy: Do or Buy? - Gentrification in the historically African-American community of Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn.View this film »
Damari Lawrence, Lal Thapa, Jyoti Gurung (Oakland, Calif.)
The Track - Oakland Youth In Crisis: Young girls on Oakland's street corners: Are they prostitutes or victims?View this film »
Jesus Manuel Villalba (Bronx, N.Y.)
Gardens of Justice - New York City's food-justice movement in community gardens.View this film »
Madena Henderson (Troy, N.Y.)
The Haves and the Have Nots - The financial struggles of students going to college today.View this film »
Tyre Brown (San Francisco, Calif.)
What Is Jerkin'? - A gang-related turf dance from the '80s is reinvented for positive goals by urban youth.View this film »
Julia Levy (Seattle, Wash.)
The Fifth Star - Follow Naomi as she explores the story of women receiving the right to vote in Washington State 100 years ago.View this film »
Matthew Seife (Scarsdale, N.Y.)
Little Steps - Follow a baseball league for people with disabilities as the teammates enjoy social interactions and develop life skills.View this film »
Sergio Ricardo Ortiz (Viera, Fla.)
Pwning @ Life - Behavior patterns of one person who plays videogames and another who does not.View this film »
Winner, 2011 Most Inspiring Documentary Award
Emileigh Potter (San Antonio, Texas)
The DREAMER - A look at the struggles that Bennie Veliz, the poster child for the DREAM Act, has encountered to fulfill her dream.View this film »
Trevor Seines (San Diego, Calif.)
In Between - This 27-year-old has faced the prospect of being deported ever since being illegally brought into the United States as a baby.View this film »
Winner, 2011 Best Documentary Award
Morgan Wilcock (Minneapolis, Minn.)
This Gay and Age - The evolving expectations surrounding teen gays and lesbians due to stereotypes and media influences.View this film »
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