Hand Marks - The D250/ViewFinders Summer Video Academy for Youth Project

During the summer of 2008, 27 young Atlantic Canadians and 9 facilitators created a video project in the rural community of East Preston, Nova Scotia. They set out with the mission to explore the idea and practice of democracy - especially how it relates to the East Preston community, which is part of the largest indigenous African Canadian community in all of Canada! As Canada celebrates 250 years of democracy, these young people created an engaging look into how the campaign of now-elected President Barack Obama would change their own lives and their feelings on voting. This is a not to be missed look at how young Canadians see the election of Barack Obama as a catalyst for positive change in their own lives.

CREDITS:
A project of ViewFinders: International Film Festival for Youth, Centre for Art Tapes and Shortworks Productions.

Participants: Emily Beairsto, Amanda Brooks, Aaron Brooks, Stewart Brown, Job Brumaire, Shawndell Colley, Riley Colley, Joylyn Colley-Slawter, Justin Colley-Slawter, Ria Diggs, Deirdre Dorrington, Alex Garnet, Daeshonda Glasgow, B.J Gough, Justin Huntington, Colyer McCullough-Roil, Jamel Ross, Shalena Ross, Anthony Ross, Chelsea Slawter, Kyah Sparks, Sara Taylor, Paige Williams, Bruce Willis, Raven Williams, Justin Williams, William Grant.

Program Director: Ann Verrall

ViewFinders Director: Julie Glaser

ViewFinders Coordinator: Courtenay Kyle

Facilitators: Cory Bowles, Tara Cain, Lindsay Drummond, Erne Fraser, Juanita Peters, Denise Riley, Ann Verrall, Jeff Wheaton and Russell Wyse with Nick Bevan-John, Dave Chisholm, Kevin Fraser, Ariel Nasr and Lukas Pearse.

Additional Crew: Steve Arnold, Becky Parsons. Edited by: Ann Verrall. Post-Production Technician: Tom Elliot. Post Production Sound: Lukas Pearse.

Post-Production Facility: Centre for Art Tapes

Special Guests: Dr. Wayne Adams, Yvonne Atwell, Dr. Daurene Lewis, Percy Paris and Leonard Preyra.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Hand
• Marks
• D250
• Barack
• Obama
• ViewFinders
• International
• Film
• Festival
• for
• Youth
• Democracy
• Voting
• Politics

[jonmahoney04]

Lovin' it. Y'all rock.

Head up.

Unity.

[rwxox]

I remember the showing of this at Oxford. It was a great video!