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16:19:25 07/23/09
Rapping At Fear
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Featuring: Andres TabaresCamera: Mayuri Bolivar, Willy Villabon, Vivian Rivas, Andres TabaresAudio: Gina Yague, Andrea Reinoso, Carolina YagueAnimation: Carolina Yague, Manuel ReinosoEditing: Manuel Reinoso, Juan CortesScript: Luisa Bustos, Marcela PalaciosAdult Mentors: Libia Tattay, Sayuri Matsuyama, Pablo Tattay, John de los Rios, Rodrigo EscobarWhether in the Colombian countryside before the rebels forced his family to leave, or the city slum where his family now lives, Andres Tabares has always had a way with words. In Andres' barrio where "social cleansing" groups wage war, this 13 year-old writes and performs rap to speak out against violence...and people are listening. He now hosts his own Saturday morning variety show on Colombian national television.
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15:59:13 07/23/09
Sahar Before The Sun
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Featuring: Sahar AdishYouth Filmmakers: Joe Babarsky, Sahar Adish, Luke Tilghman, Sanja JovanovicAdult Mentor: Shannon WorrellAfter the Taliban took control of Kabul in 1996, Sahar Adish fled Afghanistan with her family to find safety in the United States. Sahar, at age 18, speaks powerfully to the courage and aspirations of her parents, her family's struggle for intellectual freedom and educational rights.
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15:35:40 07/23/09
We Don't Want No War
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Featuring: Mohamed SidibayYouth Filmmakers: Edwin Daniel, Schwarbu Emile, Kamara, Jane Peters, Rashid Peters, Mohamed SidibayAdult mentors: Andrew Greene, Austin Haeberle10 year-old Mohamed Sidibay is a bright, hard working 4th grader who likes to play soccer, work on computers and go to school. Yet, only two years earlier he was commanding rebel troops in the "bush" in Western Africa. This sensitive, thoughtful young man articulates in simple terms the devastation of war and growing up as a child soldier in Sierra Leone.
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14:44:03 07/23/09
Lift The Silence
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Featuring: Bogdana SerebryanYouth Filmmakers: Denis Stepura, Bogdana Serebryan, Dmytriy Aksyonov, Igor Shidok, Oksana Dragushchyak, Ryta PaschenkoAdult Mentors: Tetyana Bila, Maria AlekseyenkoOn April 26, 1986 the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant exploded, emitting 40 times the radiation than the bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Later that same year and only 80 miles south in Kiev, Bogdana Aksyonov was born. The survivors of Chernobyl were relocated, many in Bogdana's neighborhood, but partly as result of the lack of public information available after the accident, they never talked about what happened. Today, at 19 years old, Bogdana is studying journalism--advocating for a free press and breaking the silence that still pervades her country.
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17:52:43 07/22/09
Leaving Still
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Featuring: Katie ThompsonYouth Filmmakers: Katy Thompson, Tate Law, Jessica ShurtleffAdult Mentors: Spencer Arntsen, Matt BradleyKatie is a tall beautiful young woman who is also a track star at her local high school. She seems poised to claim success. But underneath it all, this soft spoken 18 year-old has struggled with the secrets of her polygamous father's life and its isolating effects on her and the rest of her family. This is a story in which, through her own words, Katie discovers what it means to live a life of her own.
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17:31:07 07/22/09
Ji Hee's Candlelight
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Featuring: Ji-Hee HuhYouth Filmmakers: Hye-Yeouong Rhee, Hye-Lyn Choi Hyelyn Hyun-Chang Kim, Yoo-Jin Chang, Flonia TelegrafiAdult Mentors: Chan-Hyun Lee, Vanessa McDonell, Hye-Jung ParkJi-Hee, a 16 year-old high school student in South Korea, lets very little come between herself and her studies. But in June 2002 her world changed forever when two 13 year-old schoolgirls were run over by a U.S. Military armed vehicle. The deaths shook Ji-Hee, and like many students across the Korean Peninsula, she wanted answers to why the U.S. Military is stationed in South Korea. She also started worrying about the real possibility of war with North Korea. As the future becomes less certain, she began to play an active role in the anti-war movement. She uses her knowledge to help end the threat of violence, and create a secure future for people across Korea
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17:19:44 07/22/09
I Am Not A Boy
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Featuring: Julie JoyceYouth Filmmakers: Julie Joyce, Johnny Khan, Matthew KhanAdult Mentors: Luna Luis Ortiz, Shawn AtkinsJulie Joyce is not a boy. She is more than an intense, fast-talking New York City 16 year-old. She's a trans-gendered youth who wants what all young people want--to be heard and to have a positive space to live and grow.
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21:03:40 07/21/09
History Lessons
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Featuring: Daniela GlusbergYouth Filmmakers: Alex Cheng, Daniela Glusberg, Danielle Strandburg-Peshkin, Chelsea VaughtAdult Mentor: Mindy FaberWhile still a student in sub-urban Illinois, Daniela Glusberg became enamored of American History. This country's centuries' old fight for a democratic republic represented more than dull facts in a book for this daughter of Argentinean parents who barely escaped a brutal military dictatorship. Continually sensitive to the issues faced by her parents in their native country and the new threats of the Patriot Act at home, Daniela and her fellow students organized to fight injustice and oppose the American invasion of Iraq, eventually leading the largest student walkout of the high school anti-war movement in the U.S.
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20:34:03 07/21/09
Fires Over England
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Featuring: Daisy BadgerYouth Filmmakers: Lowri Amies, Daisy Badger, Polly Harrison, Claire Holdsworth, Meg Powell-ChandlerAdult Mentors: Lynn Davies, Simon Wyndham, Neil OsemanWhen the Foot and Mouth epidemic hit Britain in 2001 it seemed like nothing could stop it. The government slaughtered millions of animals and we could even smell the smoke from burning pyres in our classrooms. Friends were stuck on their farms, the countryside was closed and the tourism industry was badly hit. Scared and angry, we were determined to find out all we could about Foot and Mouth disease. The more we researched, the more we learned about how fear about Foot and Mouth created far more damage then the disease itself. "Fires Over England" is about communication and sharing knowledge. Dialogue is essential in order to create real security and to protect our way of life in rural England.
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19:55:21 07/21/09
Diana's Story
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Featuring: Diana GuevaraYouth Filmmakers: Deivi Ariel Lorenzana, Juan Carlos Maldonado, Carlos Bucu, Francisco Cifuentes, Diana CabreraAdult mentors: Walter Cruz Pivaral, Ana Ines Carpio, Rafael Gonzales, Sergio DonisIt's easy to say Diana Guevara shouldn't have hung out with the gang members who controlled her impoverished barrio on the outskirts of Guatemala City. However, immense poverty and lack of opportunities bred loneliness and despair and gangs seemed to provide the only available safety net. Sadly, Diana paid a high price for her involvement, exacted by her fellow gang members. It is moving past that tragedy that has helped Diana develop her inner strength and create alliances that truly break her isolation.
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19:05:21 07/21/09
A Divided City
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Featuring: Ghayda NawrusYouth Filmmakers: Ghayda Nawrus, Aya Al TalAdult Mentors: Mustafa Tell, John GwinnGhayda Nawrus is one of almost one billion Muslims worldwide who adheres to her faith, traditions and family. But Ghayda, who lives in Amman, Jordan, attends a Christian school and is also a product of satellite television and the Internet. This bright, soft-spoken 16 year-old looks candidly at the issues causing her and her family the greatest fear: the challenges and complexity of a modern society embedded in traditional culture.
07/21/09