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Wednesday, April 18
Admission: $15 in advance, $20 at the door
Doortimes: 7 - 11pm
reservations
are recommended
Come meet youth filmmakers, watch their videos and learn about
the project
Advance Tickets can be purchased at: https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=12857
Specify "New Children/New York" in the Gift Information
section.
MUST BRING A PRINT OUT OF YOUR DONATION CONFIRMATION TO ENTER.
New Children/New York is a two-part film project currently underway
that seeks to address notions of identity and the immigrant experience
from the perspective of Latino youth in New York City.
The first component is a yearlong, youth video-training workshop.
Having started this past September 2006 and meeting each Saturday
through June 2007, the workshop takes place in Bushwick, a low-income
and vastly immigrant community in Brooklyn. Through a partnership
with the local community service and nonprofit Make the Road by
Walking, students, ages 9-23, learn about independent filmmaking,
develop media literacy skills, and make their own videos. In addition,
students meet professional filmmakers, attend and present their
work in conferences and film festivals, and collaborate with other
local youth filmmaking programs.
The second component is a documentary film about the students
who attend the workshop that will explore the experiences of these
youth as they engage with notions of identity and belonging via
filmmaking. The documentary, "New Children/New York"
will be composed of footage shot by the students and will be edited
collaboratively by the youth filmmakers and professionals to ensure
the film tells the youth's stories from their point of view.
We aim to raise awareness and at least $2000 for new equipment
for the New Children/New York workshop. The benefit will feature
a screening of the youth-made videos followed by a Q&A with
the students, the trailer for the documentary, and the opportunity
to meet the youth participants and documentary filmmakers.
Official NCNY
Press Release (PDF)
To find out more about the project, write to
lauren@ojo-de-agua.org
or Gisela@ojo-de-agua.org
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