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OUT OF OUR HEADS Wins Best Documentary
Shaienne Knox took home the award for Best Documentary from the 2017 Colorado Short Circuit Film Festival for her film OUT OF OUR HEADS. Congratulations! A full list of Festival winners is below. Judges’ Favorite: Entropy, Kate Lowell Best Documentary: Out of Our Heads, Shaienne Knox Best Comedy: Foreverstate , … Read more »
Colorado Short Circuit Film Festival
The Independent Film Society of Colorado presents COLORADO SHORT CIRCUIT 2017: An Indie Spirit Film Festival Event. Featuring films from Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Denver, Colorado Short Circuit showcases short films from across our region. Each hour-long film block features a collection of short films and a Q&A session with … Read more »
Four YDA films selects for the Scout Film Festival
Four YDA films and filmmakers have been selected to screen at the Scout Film Festival in Stowe, VT, June 9-11. Our filmmakers were chosen out of 987 total submissions from 67 countries! Congratulations to … Amethyst Drago, TO BE HEARD Gabriel Valentine, DADS Kalia Hunter, DOM Andy Kwiatkowski, LONELY HIGHWAY An … Read more »
YDA participates in the African American Youth Leadership Conference
Four YDA graduates screened their films at the African American Youth Leadership Conference – AAYLC on Saturday, March 11th at Colorado College. AJ Vafiades, REAL MOM Jose Retana, THE SILENCED Shaienne Knox, OUT OF OUR HEADS Andy Kwiatkowski, LONELY HIGHWAY The 2017 African American Youth Leadership Conference is designed for … Read more »
2017 Educating Children of Color Summit, “SHADE & Self-Love”
Antreise Lacey presented her film, SHADE, at the 10th Annual 2017 Educating Children of Color Summit, as part of a session titled “Shade & Self-Love”. She presented along side Dr. Regina Lewis and had these words to say about her experience: “It was a huge honor to come home from … 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
