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Trichen Lhagyari Gives TEDx Talk, BYkids is Named Finalist in Education Business Plan Competition
April 2, 2013
TEDxBeaconStreet was enthralled by young director Trichen Lhagyari's film and powerful talk. See his talk: http://bit.ly/1BPDW0I
BYkids is named one ...
Displaced but Not Defeated Trailer Released
March 2, 2013
DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED explores the lives of displaced people in Colombia through the eyes of 16-year-old Maria Ceballos Paz.
See the trailer...
Displaced but Not Defeated Editing Complete
February 2, 2013
Film Mentor, Susan Hoenig, finishes editing DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED in Los Angeles....
My Country is Tibet Goes to Colorado
January 2, 2013
Trichen Lhagyari, director of MY COUNTRY IS TIBET, travels to Colorado for sold-out school and public screenings in Aspen and at Colorado College, whe...
Shooting Begins on Poet Against Prejudice
January 2, 2013
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 dea...
Notes from the Field: POET AGAINST PREJUDICE
November 18, 2012
First Meeting: Maysles Film Institute Office, 343 Lenox Avenue, NYC
Photos above by Amy Grossman
When Albert Maysles talks about the sub...
BYkids Begins Production of Fifth Film
November 2, 2012
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 im...
BYkids at Bowdoin College
October 2, 2012
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 ...
BYkids Benefit Screening with Albert Maysles in Harlem
October 2, 2012
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 me...
BYkids Film Screenings from Sacremento to London
September 2, 2012
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...