Local winning stories KQED is proud to share these local entries from the My City Now Future Filmmaker Contest. Ten talented youth from high schools in Berkeley, San Francisco and Albany were among the more than 50 entries received from around the country, including Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Diego.
Bay Area Hip-Hop
Genysys Sanchez,
Youth Radio
QuickTime Movie
Block
Violence
Michael Kinard,
BAVC Youth Media Distribution
QuickTime
Movie
Frisco Let's Go Gloria Alma,
John O'Connell H.S.
QuickTime
Movie
International Blvd.
Arianna Taboada & Rico Chenyek,
Berkeley H.S.
QuickTime
Movie
Mission
District Diversity
Denise Tejada,
Youth Radio
QuickTime
Movie
Neighborhood Related
Brandon Franklin,
BAVC Youth Media Distribution
QuickTime
Movie
Peaceless Community
Stephen Bowers,
BAVC Youth Media Distribution
QuickTime
Movie
The Unheard
Tania Cervantes,
BAVC Youth Media Distribution
QuickTime
Movie
Unhappy Streets
Alicia Butler,
BAVC Youth Media Distribution
QuickTime
Movie
In the fall of 2005 KQED Education Network
hosted two production workshops attended by high school students
from throughout the Bay Area. The workshops were part of My
City Now, a national campaign aimed at high school students
already involved in media work. Youth in Chicago, Denver, Houston,
Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego and the San Francisco
Bay Area participated.
The My City Now project
stems from the documentary Los Angeles
Now, an engaging account of the changing
demographics that make that city one of
the most multicultural cities in the world.
Joseph Lee of City Projects facilitated
the workshops, which were also attended
by teachers, mentors, parents and about
20 senior citizen volunteers. The seniors
were there to be part of the conversation
about what issues youth and their communities
face today and how that might compare with
the elders' experiences when they were
growing up.
Fifty-four students from Youth Net, the
Communication, Arts and Science School
at Berkeley High, Youth Radio and the Girl
Scouts participated into what were very
lively discussions among the participants.
After viewing clips of Los Angeles Now,
attendees broke into groups (including
parents, mentors and teachers) and continued
their conversations while students took
turns documenting the exchanges on video.
The goal of the workshops was to get students
motivated and ready to produce their own
2-3 minute documentary, and then enter
them in the Future Filmmaker national contest.
Winners were selected through online voting
and announced in February. Bay Area winning
videos will be streamed on the kqed.org
in late March.
For more information on the My City Now project, please visit www.mycitynow.org
My City Now is brought to you by City
Projects with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and The Skirball
Foundation. Travel for the program was provided by Southwest Airlines. www.cityprojects.net/
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workshops
about KQED
The My City Now project
stems from the documentary Los Angeles
Now, an engaging account of the changing
demographics that make that city one of
the most multicultural cities in the world.
Joseph Lee of City Projects facilitated
the workshops, which were also attended
by teachers, mentors, parents and about
20 senior citizen volunteers. The seniors
were there to be part of the conversation
about what issues youth and their communities
face today and how that might compare with
the elders' experiences when they were
growing up. 
