By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  The object of FotoSynthesis is to create a self-sustaining education program to connect middle school students in the DC area with middle schools students from around the world through a combination of social media and photography. Students will share photog…

By: 2013 Aspire Awards

  Dreams Un-deffered is a documentary about young women and their dreams. The film explores girls' aspirations, their struggle to pursue them and the promise and hope for young women pursuing their dreams.  

By: Spy Hop

SHIFT student participant of the 2013 AYV Film Camp at SHIFT. SHIFT in partnership with Spy Hop Productions hosted a 3-week AYV film camp that culminated in a big-screen exhibition at the Tumbleweeds Film Festival, March 16. We selected 24 students from the ages of 13-19 f…

By: Chicago Public Schools

In our group we experienced what students have on teachers and how it reflects the students' performance and motivation in the class. Students should be more aware of their attitude towards their education. We chose to make a youth video about expressing the relationship b…

By: Spy Hop

Spy Hop on TV is the newest addition to the Youth Documentary Arts Program. Spy Hop was able to partner with KUED to offer a special project, Spy Hop on TV, to eight, advanced documentary film students. KUED asked students the question “what does freedom (Civil Right…

By: JHS 185 / Edward Bleeker School

A short documentary that lists the reasons why more physical education time could benefit today’s youth both physically and mentally. Artist's statement: "Our school does not offer enough gym time, so I decided to make a video on why we should have more gym and the b…

By: Redwood City Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy

The weekend of February 26-27 was a whirlwind trip to Washington, DC, where youth from the Redwood City Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy and Seattle's Youth Media Intitute, participated in the Department of Education’s Youth Summit, performing the song 20/20 Vision…

By: Youth Media Institute

A local history documentary about Cooper Elementary School.

By: Redwood City Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy

The song is about what can families, schools, and communities do to help the youths be more successful in school. 2020 Vision was created to support President Obama's initiative of having the most college graduates by the year 2020