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Congratulations to Mohammad Shasho and Anja Baron for OUT OF ALEPPO being chosen as part of the Nice Film Market’s official selection from May 8-10 in Nice, France!

OUT OF ALEPPO is screened at Stony Brook University as a part of their Islamic Awareness Week. The screening is followed by a discussion about empathy, inclusion and shared humanity. Special thanks to Friends of Thirteen, and especially to Dorothy Pacella, Kala DeStefano, WNET, Kristina Kirtley, everyone at Stony Brook University, Chaplain Sanaa Nadim, Dean Richard Gatteau, and all the amazing students from both the Islamic Society and Muslim Students’ Association.

BYkids team up children from across the world with filmmakers in order to document global issues from their own point of view. READ FULL ARTICLE

Holly Carter (founder and executive director of BYkids) is featured during a television interview with MetroFocus to share the work and story of BYkids. See the interview here

WALK ON MY OWN is screened and discussed hosted by the United Nations Association of New York at the Dolby Screening Room. The conversation revolved around human rights issues and more specifically, Ndèye Fatou Fall’s short film. Her documentary depicts life in a small village in Senegal that abandoned the traditional practices of Female Genital Cutting and child marriage in order to promote both education and empowerment.

The International House in New York, NY screens the world premiere of WALK ON MY OWN. The screening is followed by a panel conversation about cultural shifts in Senegal with Holly Carter (executive director and founder of BYkids), Molly Melching (founder and creative director of Tostan) and Naima Dido (program director at Seed Program International).

SXSW EDU Panel, “Rikers: An Education Through Film,” on I COULD TELL YOU ‘BOUT MY LIFE at the Austin Convention Center on March 5th, 2019. The panel includes Michael Martin (filmmaker), Messiah Ramkissoon (artist, mentor, and advocate at Friends of Island Academy), and Holly Carter (founder and executive director of BYkids). The team was joined by Sammy Chadwick (BYkids Board member).

Films BYkids Season Two airs on WNET/THIRTEEN with a new film each Sunday in March at 7:30 p.m. Check your local PBS listings for the national schedule.

The broadcast on PBS reaches families in 84 million homes. We share Films BYkids in schools with teaching materials and the support of more than three million teachers. We engage kids about complex issues with films as the starting point for understanding, and teaching materials that engage kids toward social change.

Teachers, we have innovative resources for you including our BYkids School Guide, the PBS LearningMedia curricula and the PenPal Schools The World Through My Eyes. For Teachers

Michael Martin’s I COULD TELL YOU ‘BOUT MY LIFE is featured in a Metro New York article. Read article here

Holly Carter is the guest speaker at a Rotary Club meeting in New York City and speaks on the topic of teaching empathy and globalism through film. Holly is honored to be invited to speak by President Theodore Perednia and Executive Director Andreas Runggatscher. It is a delight to meet members and share BYkids’ work.