TEDxBeaconStreet was enthralled by young director Trichen Lhagyari’s film and powerful talk. See his talk: http://bit.ly/1BPDW0I
BYkids is named one of ten finalists in the 2013 Education Business Plan Competition sponsored by University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and the Milken Family Foundation.
DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED explores the lives of displaced people in Colombia through the eyes of 16-year-old Maria Ceballos Paz.
Film Mentor, Susan Hoenig, finishes editing DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED in Los Angeles.
Trichen Lhagyari, director of MY COUNTRY IS TIBET, travels to Colorado for sold-out school and public screenings in Aspen and at Colorado College, where Trichen and Holly Carter teach a documentary film class in addition to capacity screenings.
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17-year-old Faiza Almontaser and her legendary mentor, Albert Maysles, start shooting in NYC. The film explores what it’s like to be a Muslim girl dealing with prejudice and bullying in America.
BYkids welcomes 17-year-old Faiza Almontaser, as the fifth filmmaker to share her experiences of Islamophobia in a post-9/11 New York, bullying and immigration after she arrived in Brooklyn from Yemen. Faiza will be mentored by the legendary Albert Maysles.
BYkids premieres a short film created by advertising superstars Jill Andresevic, Alonso Davila, Ty Baker and Stephanie Apt and her generous team at Final Cut. Their 90-second masterpiece captures the BYkids vision: https://bykids.org/films/see-the-world-through-my-eyes/
Bowdoin College, led by two summer interns, begins using BYkids films in their curriculum and hosts a campus-wide screening of HOME IS WHERE YOU FIND IT.
BYkids and Albert Maysles host a benefit screening and Q&A of rarely seen films by Albert to raise money for the upcoming film that Albert will mentor. Attendees celebrate at dinner at Red Rooster Harlem with chef Marcus Samuelsson.
The International House at UC Davis and Senses Cultural sponsor a screening of BYkids films in Sacramento on October 23 and then BYkids will take four of their films for a festive night at the University of London’s Brunei Gallery in London on November 30th.
16-year-old director, Jayshree Janu Kharpade, wins the One to Watch Award for her FIRE IN OUR HEARTS at the 35th Annual Asian American International Film Festival in New York City. “With a strong courage to learn and conviction to give back to others, Jayshree documents her family and village, as well as the tenacious efforts of the tribal union for the equal rights to education, thanks to which she is able to attend a school for tribal girls,” says the festival director.
Jayshree is getting media attention in India and raising awareness about the struggles of 80 million tribal people in her country.
http://www.sunday-guardian.com/masala-art/storyteller-at-sixteen-one-girls-remarkable-rise