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Malala Supports Our Senegal Film and the Filmmaker, Ndèye Fatou Fall
August 6, 2019
In WALK ON MY OWN, a 16-year-old filmmaker documents the history of Keur Simbara — one of the first villages in Senegal to abandon female genital cutt...
Education Week Features BYkids
July 1, 2019
BYkids is featured in Education Week’s blog, Opinion: Global Learning, in an article titled “Teaching Empathy Through Documentary Films.” Written by H...
United Nations Association Hosts Screening of "Out of Aleppo"
June 12, 2019
Thank you to the United Nations Association of New York for hosting a screening of OUT OF ALEPPO at the Dolby Screening Room. The screening was follow...
Roadmaps Festival Hosts Screening of “Out of Aleppo”
May 20, 2019
OUT OF ALEPPO is screened at the 2019 Roadmaps Festival at Lincoln Center, followed by the panel "Innovations in Education as Response to Conflict,” m...
Wnet Youth Collective Summit Hosts Screening of "Poet Against Prejudice"
May 20, 2019
POET AGAINST PREJUDICE is screened as a part of the WNET Youth Collective Summit 2019 at the Paley Center for Media. In this short film, Faiza Almonta...
Harlem International Film Festival to Include "I Could Tell You ‘bout My Life"
May 19, 2019
Congratulations to Mike Martin and his mentors Hollis Meminger and Chiemi Karasawa, who helped Mike create his documentary I COULD TELL YOU 'BOUT MY L...
Future Filmmakers Forum Screens “I Could Tell You ‘bout My Life”
May 18, 2019
Thank you to the Future Filmmakers Forum for screening I COULD TELL YOU 'BOUT MY LIFE at the Dwyer Cultural Center!...
BYkids Keynote at Healing Hotels Summit 2019
May 7, 2019
Holly Carter closes the Healing Hotels of the World's Healing Summit 2019 with an introduction to BYkids’ work and a magnificent panel of kids. Althou...
Holly Carter Participates in Principal for a Day at P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School
April 16, 2019
Holly Carter is honored to participate in Principal for a Day at P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth School. “It is very exciting to shadow Principal Claudi Agui...
Tostan Hosts Screening of "Walk on My Own" at Skoll World Forum
April 11, 2019
Thank you to our partner Tostan for hosting a screening of WALK ON MY OWN at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, United Kingdom. In this short film, dire...