12-year-old Edelsin Linette Mendez documents the challenges climate change brings to her family and their small coffee farm in the highlands of Nicaragua. 16-year-old María Ceballos Paz, one of millions of Colombians displaced due to national civil unrest and guerrilla forces, shows us her family, friends, and community as they attempt to rebuild their lives.

Faiza Almontaser tells her story of immigrating to the US from Yemen and how she learned to face discrimination and cope with bullies in an islamophobic, post 9/11 world.

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Thank you to the UN Association of New York for hosting a screening of our latest BYkids film about young Edelsin Linette Mendez and her family’s battle with climate change.

We are honored to present Ashley Judd as the voice for Season One of FILMS BYKIDS on Public Television!

Thank you to everyone at the International Family Film Festival for supporting BYkids!

Thanks to The Nantucket Project for so many authentic and unfiltered stories that unite and inspire us. Thanks to Kiva Iscol and Hearts on Fire for these wonderful days.

Thanks to our newest Board member, Janet Goldsmith, we have forged an international distribution partnership with Content Media. They will take the collection to MIPCOM and around the world.

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Thanks Full Fabric for this fabulous piece!!

We found our filmmaker in Senegal! Ndèye Fatou Fall is a dynamic 13-year-old girl from the village of Keur Simbara. Her village abandoned female genital cutting and forced marriage since the late 90s and we are helping her explore how that has affected this young person’s life. Working with mentor Elizabeth Hummer, we are looking forward to our second film of our new series.