Youth Visions 

With all the glamour of our guests and the dramatic voices of our film presentations, it’s easy to forget that the festival is MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO’s largest fundraiser for its year round programming that empowers local youth to use digital media technology.

Come out to support films written, directed, and produced by youth - 77 min.

MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO is proud to present YOUTH VISIONS 2008 – an eclectic array of socially conscious documentaries and experimental shorts from media centers and schools throughout the country. In this program youth filmmakers from New York, Colorado, Los Angeles and San Diego lend their perspectives to important social issues such as Immigration, Racism and Community violence that are directly affecting their neighborhoods, homes and lives. Also included in this program are a selection of experimental shorts from young filmmakers who explore the medium of filmmaking.

America’s Invisible Backbone: Rights vs. Limitations
Students from Educational Video Center (EVC) in New York explore Immigration Policy in the United States.

Organization: EVC
Producers: John Basile, Hubert Blackman, Elliot Herriot, Janeel Maynard, Camille Mitchell, Monseef Nahshal, Estevan Quintana, and Joe Rigaud
Documentary; 19 min.; New York/NY/USA

Pero La Vida Sigue
Documentary Short from In Progress.

Organziation: In Progress
Producers: Norma Ortega
Documentary; 5 min.; Carbondale/CO/USA

The A-G Requirements: Your Pathway to California’s Colleges and Universities
MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO Teen Producers explain the High School requirements necessary to pursue higher education in California. 

Organization: MACSD
Producers: Ruth Chamu, Eduardo Guarduno, Vanessa Juarez, Edith Leon, Roger Manzur, Carlos Narvaez, Emanuel Ortiz, Fernando Ortiz, Celin Ruiz, Noe Silva, Abel Silva, and Shelzea Zamora.
Documentary; 13 min.; San Diego/CA/USA

Border Angels
Documentary Short from Herbert Hoover High School Academy of Information Technology (AOIT).

Organziation: Herbert Hoover High School
Producers: Jose E. Flores, Jose Santos and Ricardo DeHoyes
Short Film; 5min.; SD/CA/USA

I Want My Parents Back
Teen Producers from the MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO examine the ways the present immigration policy affect the lives of the residents of their community by highlighting the story of the Munoz family.

Organization: MACSD
Producers: Aaron Dominguez, Argenis Herrera, Garrett Hayes, Khirye Rice, Melly Jenny, Nathan Villalobos, Omar Flores, and Cody Marshall.
Documentary; 11 min.; San Diego/CA/USA

The Wedge
Experimental Short from Echo Park Film Center.

Organziation: Echo Park Film Center
Producers: Woodrow White and Nick Solow-Collins
Short Film; 2 min.; LA/CA/USA

Fighting Community Violence
Gang violence continues to have negative reverberations on families and communities. In Fighting Community Violence Teen Producers from the MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO document the effects gang violence has on former gang members, emphasizing the consequences of joining a gang as well as providing positive alternatives to participating in gang activity.

Organization: MACSD
Producers: Steven Garcia, Tyler Maughan, Christian Martinez, Magdalena Salazar, Emilio Lopez, Jose Osuna, Joe Grizzle, Ray Grizzle, Frankie Barron, Joseph Zambrano, Michael Hannan, Sonia Alvarado, Stephen Barris, Omar Flores, Emily Van Praag
Documentary; 9 min.; San Diego/CA/USA

Finger Painting
Experimental Short from Echo Park Film Center.

Organziation: Echo Park Film Center
Producers: Caesar Gonzalez & Chris Campos
Short Film; 2 min.; LA/CA/USA

Hermina Enrique: Defendiando mi Cultura
Herminia Enrique: Defendiando mi Cultura spotlights revered elder Herminia Enrique, who has turned the pain of humiliation and racist violation occurring against her in her youth into a triumph of spirit and determination. 

Organization: MACSD
Producers: Benjamin Garcia, Rafael Garcia Jr., Madai Garduno, Joe Grizzile, Ray Grizzile, Argenis Herrera, Sonia Alvarado, Mary Wence
Documentary; 10 min.; San Diego/CA/USA

www.evc.org 
www.in-progress.org 
www.echoparkfilmcenter.org
www.mediaartscenter.org

Teen Producer & Greg Muskewitz Recipient Argenis Herrerra

Teen Producer Omar Flores during a TV interview

Teen Produrces on location

Stephanie Aguilar fromThe A-G Requirements 

 
Pedro Rios from I Want My Parents Back

Elly from Fighting Community Violence