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PROFESSIONAL FILMMAKERS : Share your craft and work one-to-one with an aspiring teen filmmaker! Click here to be a Volunteer Filmmaker Mentor for a NYC Teen.
At Reel Works, we welcome professional filmmakers to volunteer as mentors for NYC teens as they write, plan, film and edit short documentary films about their lives and communities.
REEL WORKS TEEN FILMMAKING IS SEEKING TALENTED, EXPERIENCED AND COMMITTED FILMMAKERS WHO ARE :
- Armed with at least two years of documentary filmmaking experience. Technical skills such as Final Cut Pro editing are not required, but are helpful.
- Dedicated to guiding the artistic, academic, and professional aspirations of young people.
- Willing to work collectively with Reel Works and to recognize the importance of a supportive community in creative expression.
- Able to commit to weekly one-to-one mentoring sessions, bi-monthly group workshops and special events.
From the Collection
Sin Marchas Atras
Filmmaker Marco Tepox sets out to understand why teen pregnancy is such a problem in the Latino community.
Breaking The Silence
A teenage girl reflects on her childhood confronting haunting moments within her home.
A Look Through My Eyes
A filmmaker faces the difficult question of whether to let her father back into her life.
Departure From A Love
A Brooklyn boy writes a love letter of departure for his lady, which in reality is his birthplace and hometown.
Reel Works Teen Filmmaking | 540 President Street, Suite 2F Brooklyn, NY 11215
thelab@reelworks.org | (718) 768-9000