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Alumnae Share Their Experiences of YDA in New Interviews!

Some of our YDA alums got together to interview each other about their experiences in YDA.   Check out the first two below with Rebecca St. John, Class of 2015 interviewing Dee Contreras and Amethyst Reynolds.   Dee One Minute with music from Youth Documentary Academy on Vimeo. Amethyst One … Read more »

Meet Some of Our Increadible YDA Student Filmmakers!

The Alexander Valley Film Society caught up with Tom Shepard, the director of UNSETTLED earlier this year. Tom’s passion project has been the creation of the Youth Documentary Academy (YDA), an organization founded in 2013, that trains young people how to direct and produce their own documentary films. Today, we … Read more »

Sneak Peak at OUR TIME, Season 2

See what YDA has been up to, with a sneak preview of OUR TIME, Season 2. Coming to Rocky Mt. PBS in 2021. OUR TIME Season 2 Sneak Peek – Trailer from Youth Documentary Academy on Vimeo.

While walking around Boulder, so many people came up to me and my dad to thank me for making AFTER WAR.

Bailey Francisco, 17


We were struck by how deeply students were willing to delve into difficult topics, often personal stories, and handle that material with real sensitivity.

Tara Thomas, Director of Education, Bemis School of Art