Kiné, a young Senegalese girl, is sent to the city to work as a maid in order to support her family back home. When her employers begin to abuse her, who is there to protect her?
Childhood is considered a precious commodity in this world. To relinquish this treasure at an early age is to give away one of the greatest privileges in life. In A Poem to Teenage Mothers the hard words of one adolescent parent beckons onto her peers not to lose such inno…
The outskirts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, are bleak. While 12 year-old Arthur is proud of his birthplace and home, he has also witnessed the elimination of almost all of Yerevan’s trees for firewood during an energy crisis. Developers have decided…
"The Power of One", is a video that was made to show people that it only takes one person to make a difference. It shows how people in a group are influenced by those around them, and will not stop something they feel is wrong for fear of being rejected by the masses. If o…
Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest Film Festival selection.This work was created over three weeks as part of the Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest and premiered March 7, 2009 at a special screening at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA.
The dizzying spell of beauty has infiltrated the ranks of the American society. Twenty-first century beauty is no respecter of rich or poor, native or foreign-born. The trap that attractiveness is found in physical beauty is an ideal that some accept rather than question.&…