Episode 5
Original Cablecast: June 20, 2008
- Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?:
Inside the underground world of graffiti art in Brooklyn; from Hook Productions, a City Parks Foundation's After School Program for high-schoolers.
- Importance of Time
a young filmmaker mixes narrative and documentary formats to explore the importance of time and memory in trying to understand herself and the loss of her mother.
- Interview
Kareem talks to Ali Rossiter, Berkeley Carroll School, director of Importance of Time.
- Evolution of The Hill
Samori Toure, Reel Works; a film that confronts gentrification in Fort Green/Clinton Hill through the lens of an African-American teenager who grew up there.
Episode 5
Original Cablecast: June 20, 2008
Kendra Dennis & Kareem Alicea go to Coney Island to host the show from the New York Aquarium. Why? It’s summertime, and the fish are jumpin’!
- Breathe
from Hook Productions, a look at how the citizens/teens of Brooklyn can make a difference by fighting pollution and improving the environment. .
- Interview
Kendra & Kareem talk to the Executive Producer (bet you didn’t know they had those in high school) of Breathe.
- Love is Made for Me and You
A short video made by Vita and Angela.
- Love, Labor & Loyalty
this film, from Benjamin Banneker H.S., explores being a single parent and the toll it takes on both parents and kids.
Episode 4
Original Cablecast: May 16, 2008
- Know Your Rights
The 4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments, keys to protecting our civil rights: through personal stories, reenactments, poetry, and more, students from So. Bklyn Community HS (Red Hook) tell us about their own experiences on the streets of Brooklyn. In conjunction with Good Shepherd Svcs & Dance Theatre Etcetera.
- I'm Not Your Nigga
A look at the use and overuse of “the N word.” Teens talk about the word’s role in mainstream pop culture, and whether or not that should be acceptable. From Downtown Community TV.
- Changing Faces
Lying isn’t funny – except in this comedic take on how one teenager struggles with telling the truth. From Reel Works Teen Filmmaking.
Episode 3
Original Cablecast: April 18, 2008
- Laughing Silently
Living with a drug-addicted father, teenager Iemi Hernandez-Kim has to cope with the reality of his addiction and learn how to nurture her relationship with her mother during tough times.
- This is How I Feel about Brooklyn
an honest, hard-eyed look at the place he calls home, by 15-year-old Shaliek Wilson, a finalist in our Show Us Your Reel Bklyn video contest.
- Interview with Shaliek Wilson
director of “This Is How I Feel About Brooklyn” and runner up, Show Us Your Reel Bklyn video contest.
- Jewmaican
At a young age, Melinda Tenenzapf lost her mother to suicide. Though she was Jewish, she was then raised by her Jamaican nanny. How does she see her identity today?
Episode 2
Original Cablecast: March 18, 2008
This month’s teen videos include:
- Losing Ground
The story of a homeless couple who happen to be both lesbians and teenagers. From Educational Video Center.
- Commonplace, by Axel Lindy
A finalist in our “Show Us Your Reel Bklyn” contest: an impressionistic look at sneaking out at night and hanging with your friends.
- Brooklyn is Everything, by Derek Garcia
The winning entry in our “Show Us Your Reel Bklyn” contest: a teenager’s meditation on his favorite places in Brooklyn.
- Monster
A new girl on the block forces a young man to deal with a secret that’s been keeping him “out of the game.” A professional production of a Brooklyn teen-ager’s script, from Scenarios USA.
Episode 1
Original Cablecast: February 19, 2008
This month’s teen videos include:
- Buss Di Dance
An inside look at the world of Dancehall. From its origins to its Americanization, the piece takes you on a guided tour of the culture, the style, the dance and the spirit of the dancehall phenomenon. By Mariel Santana, Kiara Mejia, Michelle Cruz, and Hadellise Roman.
- Commodity
According to its authors, this experimental video “is all about the things that anger us, i.e, the manner in which major corporations control the way people live today.” By Terry Jones Jr., Kendra Dennis, Amanda Rodriguez, Tiffany Vanderpool, and Latel Bethea
- America for Dummies
If American teenagers are ignorant of world history and current events what does that mean for the world they will one day lead? By NiAZ Mosharraf.
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