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YDA Student Wins 2015 Arts Council “Young Filmmakers Award”
Antreise Lacey, a Widefield High School senior, won the top youth award at the 2015 Pikes Peak Arts Council, known as the Young Filmmakers Spielberg in the Making Award. Antreise’s film SHADE examines how the representations of light and dark skinned African American girls and women play into damaging and … Read more »
YDA Student wins National Film Festival
Bailey Francisco, a graduate of the 2014 Youth Documentary Academy, won Best Documentary at the prestigious All American High School Film Festival in New York City last Fall for his film AFTER WAR, a documentary about the impact of his father’s PTSD and traumatic brain injury on their family. Bailey’s … Read more »
While walking around Boulder, so many people came up to me and my dad to thank me for making AFTER WAR.
Bailey Francisco, 17
