A Not So Quiet Roar
Screening and Youth Panel Discussion
Coordinated by Pamela Cohen, 90 minutes

In recent years digital video has arrived in full force and found its way into the classrooms, community centers and homes of many young people, opening the possibility of media making for youth. The following programs of youth produced work explore myriad genres, styles and subject matter, offering us a refreshing and penetrating look at the world through the eyes of young people. From skating, to "spanging", to garage bands to hip hop, these young video makers venture out of their immediate world to introduce us, with both earnestness and humor, to people and places neither we nor they had met before. So hop on for the ride, you'll come away younger and wiser.

Works by students and youths from Culver City HS, Roosevelt HS, Venice HS, Bell HS, San Pedro HS, Verdugo Hills HS, Central American Resource Center, CAP/John Muir HS, New Directions for Youth, Cleveland HS, Harvard Westlake School, Reach LA, and Santa Monica HS.

Teens Take Over TV! A debate across the generations of media makers about what should be on TV for youth. How do works produced for youth or by youth differ? If youth could produce and program their own TV, what would it look like?

PROGRAM  "A": 1pm
46 MIN.

Urban Earth Jamaal Parham CULVER CITY HS
Hip hop lives and defies categorization in this experimental narrative, 8:43

Gigging It, Tino Aceves, Daisy Moreno,  Roosevelt HS,
A look at the garage band scene . 1:37
The Wallet/Silent Movie Francisco Ruiz, Bell HS
This slapstick style video shows us what a young man will do for love. 2:50

I hate Love  Norma Barajas, Michelle Carillo, Roosevelt, HS
A poetic interpretation of the flip side of what love can do. 2:27

Lesbian Moms, Amanda Acosta, Ambar Macias, Mayra Martin, Alexandria Plasencia, Roosevelt HS
A poignant collage of women's voices tell their stories of coming out and the importance of women in their lives. 1:10

Boys Do Cry, Diane Cortez, Peter Huelguera, Jose Partida, Efrain Villalobos, Roosevelt HS
Defying the notion that football players are made of steel.. 1:40

You will Return, Mayra Cruz, Yamila Diaz, Erika Ramos, Roosevelt HS
A message of love to a child to be. 1:40

Street Poetz, Terrell Hamilton, Venice HS
The significance of hip hop culture from the inside out, 8:43
Blinds, Carmelo Lopez, Santa Monica HS
A boy, an empty room, and light through a window set the stage for this elegant break for freedom. 7:00

Of Black Dots…(Journeys to the US), Yanira Gabriel, Viridiana Garcia, Araceli Morales, Gloria Estrella, Bencyon Hines, Central American Resource Center
Experiences of coming to the US as immigrants for the basis of this collective poetry video. 4:00

Mas  Allá  del Futbol. More than Soccer, Johnny Hernandez, Ernesto Fuentes, Jr., Moises Madero, Edson Barillas, Cleveland HS
Watching and playing soccer has meaning beyond the sport itself for many Latino families. 7:00

PROGRAM "B" 49 min.

Homeless Youth, Felicia Carter-Aaron, Santa Monica HS
A penetrating look at the young folks who "spange" (spare change) on the Third Street Promenade. 10;00

The Great Los Angeles River, Matt Ferry, Harvard Westlake School
A visual essay revealing the contraction that is the LA River. 1:47

Priceless, Jessica Fuerst, Jamie Smith, Harvard Westlake School
A send up of a MasterCard commercial offers a message on safe sex. 1:00

Birthday Wish, Veronica Hool, Harvard Westlake School
A birthday cake sends a warning about smoking. 00:42.
Ted Walch- Smoker, Michael Morgenstern, David Katzenberg, Harvard Westlake School.

This man smokes, wanna make something of it? 1:00
A Hard Day's Work, Erika Garcia, Maria Lopez, Jose Lemus, Sandra Vigil, Cleveland HS
A tribute to the under appreciated job of the school custodian. 4:00

Black and White, Renee Martinez, Verdugo Hills HS
A young woman's take on hip hop culture and the portrayal of African Americans in the media. 9:30

Overcrowded, Rocio Veliz, Central American Resource Center
AN artist yearns for more space. 1:00

Wings to Fly, Elizabeth Yale, Harvard Westlake School
An elegy to rediscovering a childhood dream. 6:00

The Hunger, Bryant Garcia, REACH LA
The trials of a hungry boy with no money make a political statement about poverty. 6:42

Apples to Apples, Candace Hill, Federic Quevedo, Michael Robidart, Jonny Goldsmith, San Pedro HS
A whimsical look at the significance of the "forbidden fruit." 9:00

@ Visual Communications
in Union Center for the Arts, David Henry Hwang Theatre
Nov. 23, 1 -4pm
Youth Panel, 2:00pm