Youth Digital Filmmakers at L.A. Film Festival

THREE FILMS CREATED BY TEENS IN THE COUNCIL'S YOUTH DIGITAL FILMMAKERS PROGRAM AT L.A. FILM FESTIVAL

A diverse group of young people in Long Beach, Los Angeles and the San Francisco East Bay area, who are part of the California Council for the Humanities' How I See It: Youth Digital Filmmakers program, have created three amazing films that premiered at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival.

The three films, under the title "How I See It," are "Don't Erase My History," about the quest to discover gay history by LGBT teens in the East Bay; "My Reality and My Vision," about the legacy of the Khmer Rouge war in Cambodia by Khmer American girls in Long Beach; and "Hidden Hollywood," a series of films by three homeless youth trying to find a place for themselves in the world.

The Youth Digital Filmmakers program is designed to give young people an opportunity to use filmmaking as a way to explore the connections and disconnections in their lives and communities. It is part of the Council's youth initiative called How I See It. Film projects took place in San Francisco, Fresno, Lodi, Oakland and Siskiyou County in addition to Long Beach, Los Angeles and the East Bay. To find out more about the festival screening, visit the L.A. film Festival website, click on "Browse This Year's Films" and then click on the letter "H" for "How I See It."

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