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Event
Project YouthView 2008
Limited VIP Tickets available for $100!
[2 tax-deductible tickets plus entrance to our Specially Catered Section]
Project YouthView 2008 is coordinated by Alternatives in Action, the nationally recognized youth development organization based at Alameda Point, with support from its corporate sponsor, Comcast. This film event celebrates the power of youth through showing film shorts created by and about youth and using those films as a source for conversation among people of different ages, experiences and backgrounds.
The selected feature film this year, Darius Goes West, is the true story of Darius Weems, a 15-year-old with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, who had never left his hometown of Athens, Georgia. In the summer of 2005, he and a group of college students traveled across the country in a wheelchair-accessible RV to test accessibility in the United States. Their ultimate goal was to reach Los Angeles and convince MTV's hit show, "Pimp My Ride," to customize Darius's wheelchair. Along the way, they found joy, brotherhood, and the knowledge that life, even when imperfect, is always worth the ride.
The selected youth-created films were chosen through a competitive process by industry and community judges from over 45 pieces submitted by youth throughout the Bay Area. These shorts use interviews, powerful images and narrative storytelling to shed light on youth issues ranging from body image to violence in their communities. The shorts and filmmakers for this years event originate from across the bay area, representing schools and organizations from cities including San Francisco, Oakland, Moraga, and Union City. They are:
--You Have the Right, Michael Maldonado (Bay Area Video Coalition Next Generation Video)
--Change the Nation, Brian McArthur, Ruben Palomares, Krista Kim, Jessica Gonzalez, Elliot McGreggor (Conscious Youth Media Crew)
--One World, Kyle Muller (Campolindo High School)
--Sometimes I Wish, Jonathan Sanchez (Conscious Media Youth Crew)
--Get Naked, Bea Seifert, Jose Enriquez, Esmeralda Ayala, Carla Suarez (JustThink Youth Media Educators)
--Wear a Helmet, Chinh Nguyen, Dennis Tabor, Jr., Julia Geronimo, RJ Sionson (James Logan High School)
--Not Another Statistic, Karen Lum (Bay Area Video Coalition Video/Next Generation Video)
--Breaking Free: How We Dance in the Town, Anastasia Freeman, Becky Saeturn, Tyisha Branner, Danasha Edmond, Hakeem Thomas, Jason Beasley, Frederick Rogers, Samath Sun, Kamla Krouch, Lawrence Robinson (East Bay Asian Youth Center/Streetside Productions)
The evenings event includes an intermission with refreshments and opportunities to meet the filmmakers. All selected filmmakers will receive a prize package. In addition, an Audience Choice Award of $500 will be presented to the winning youth filmmaker. The evening will conclude with the feature film and interviews with its young filmmakers.
Alternatives in Action operates: the Bay Area School of Enterprise charter high school; HOME Project, a community-oriented after-school program serving youth in Alameda and Oakland public schools; and HOME Sweet HOME Preschool, an intergenerational model of care for young children that engages high school youth as interns and role models. Youth from AIA have been involved since the fall in creating every aspect of the Project YouthView event, from helping to recruit and select the film shorts to hosting the event.
Alternatives in Action is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. All ticket sales and proceeds from Project YouthView are tax-deductible.
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LocationAuctions by the Bay Theatre
2700 Saratoga Street
Alameda, CA 94501
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 13 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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