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Youth Visions
A collection of films from talented teen directors from across U.S. and San Diego! – 80 min.
General Audience Screening: Tuesday, March 17, 2009- 6:00 PM- Screen 6
Special Free Student Outeach Screening: Tuesday, March 17, 2009- 10:00 AM
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. We hope that you will come out to support this program of films written, directed, and produced by our youth.
MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO is proud to present YOUTH VISIONS 2009 – an eclectic array of socially conscious documentaries and experimental shorts from media centers and schools throughout the country. In this program, young filmmakers from New York, 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, schools, and lives.
Dir. Eva Vives
2007, 13 min, USA, DVD, English
A high school girl learns to make choices for herself regardless of what others think.
Del Otro Lado de la Linea
2008, 15 min, Mexico/France, DVD, Spanish w/ subtitles
Journeys Through the Red, White and Blue: Brian’s Story
Dir. Andrea Williams
2007. 12 min, USA, DVD, English
Brian's journey is an earnest inquiry profiling a young man who is unsure of why it is important to get involved in the political process.
Dir. Carlos Gomez/Elmo
2008, 3 min, USA, DVD, English
A young student’s experience with the border between Mexico and the United States. Produced by youth from Echo Park.
Dir. Ismael Garcia
2008, 6 min, USA, DVD, English
A short documentary of how a youth’s parents met and his family came to be. Also from Echo Park.
Dir. Carla Orendorff
2008, 7 min, USA, DVD, English and Spanish w/ Subtitles
The story behind a young filmmaker’s family. A part of the Echo Park City of Angels 2008 project.
Dir. Roman Romera and David Salguero
2008, 5 min, USA, DVD, English
A collaboration that documents the struggles of immigration by two young boys who cross the border on their own, only to discover that life in America isn’t as easy as they thought it would be.
Dir. Ricky Hermisillo
2008, 4 min, US, DVD, English
A music video focusing on various Latinos in the community of Carbondale, CO and their views of the “American Dream.”
Neighborhoods First
MACSD’s Teen Producers Project, in partnership with LISC San Diego, document the process of creating healthy, sustainable neighborhoods in two San Diego communities.
BREATHING NEW LIFE
With support from Rotary International, the Media Art Center of San Diego’s Teen Producers Project worked with young people in Tijuana, Baja California, to tell the story of Puentes de Esperanza and the important work being done to help community members living with Tuberculosis.
UNDER WATER PARKS
MACSD’s Teen Producers Project, in partnership with WildCoast, presents a documentary about Marine Protected Areas off the coast of Southern California, USA.
Advanced Placement: Accelerating African-American Achievement
Teen Producers from Migrant Education Program at Orange Glen High School in Escondido, provide African-American parents and students with an important video documenting why Advanced Placement classes in High School are crucial.
TPP funding from City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture, Best Buy, Stuart Foundation, California Arts Council - Youth Education in the Arts, MAAC Project, LISC San Diego, WildCoast, Rotary International, and Hitachi.
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