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YDA Filmmakers Featured on Fox21 News
YDA was given the spotlight this morning on Fox21 News. Tom shares more information about YDA and how the programs inspires student filmmakers. Then hear more from filmmaker Antreise Lacey on her film SHADE, and filmmaker Bailey Francisco on his film AFTER WAR, both of which screened recently in Washington … Read more »
YDA Filmmakers Featured on Washington DC News
YDA Filmmakers Bailey Francisco and Antreise Lacey were featured on Washington D.C.’s NBC 4 today. “Several student documentaries will be showcased for lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week. The films were all made by students at the Youth Documentary Academy in Colorado. Student filmmakers Antreise Lacey and Bailey Francisco stopped … Read more »
YDA’s upcoming trip to Washington DC featured in the Gazette
CLICK HERE to read the full article: Four student filmmakers from Youth Documentary Academy head to Washington, D.C. By: Jen Mulson May 15, 2016 at 2:55 pm Antreise Lacy, a 17-year-old Widefield High School junior, was so frustrated with the negative stereotypes about the skin color of black girls … Read more »
Denver Post – Colorado student directors get congressional viewing for documentaries
YDA will be making waves in Washington DC this May! CLICK HERE to read the full article By THE DENVER POST | newsroom@denverpost.com May 9, 2016 at 5:58 am Four Colorado student filmmakers will premiere their documentaries next week at a congressional screening in Washington, D.C., where U.S. Rep. … Read more »
YDA Takes Films to Capitol Hill
The Youth Documentary Academy is thrilled to share news of our upcoming visit to Washington D.C. next week where four of our Colorado Springs graduates – Antreise Lacey, Madison Legg, Bailey Francisco, and Stevie Earnest – will be presenting their films on Capitol Hill at a Congressional screening welcomed by Rep. … Read more »
Scout Film Festival Official Selections Announced
Congratulations goes out to Tricey, Mady, Becca, and Stevie! We are delighted to announce that the films “Shade”, “Under The Wire”, “Rock Bottom” and “Both Genders” were accepted as official selections, and in the running for Best Documentary at the Scout Film Festival June 17-19 in Stowe, Vermont. Yours are … Read more »
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 »
TRAILBLAZERS Gets the Governor’s Attention
TRAILBLAZERS, is told from the point of view of the filmmaker, Steve Bremner; it is the story of his and other community member’s efforts to complete the Ring the Peak Trail which circumnavigates Pikes Peak—it is a work in progress, with two gaps remaining. Building a trail this long requires commitment … Read more »
TALKING WALLS is Turning Heads in Colorado Springs
TALKING WALLS was inspired by Nancy’s curiosity about the many beautiful murals on the walls in downtown Colorado Springs. As she and her husband, photographer John Atkinson, came upon more and more murals throughout the city, she marveled at the creative output of the city’s artist community. When she discovered that the Broadmoor … Read more »
SPARK & KILN on the Festival Circuit
SPARK & KILN, featuring Colorado Springs artists Don and Maxine Green, will be presented at the Nacogdoches Film Festival, February 25-27, 2016 in Nacogdoches, Texas, at the 11th Annual Durango International Film Festival, March 2-6, 2016 in Durango, Colorado, and at the Clean Shorts Film Festival in Chocktaw, Oklahoma April 1-2, 2016. SPARK & KILN answers … 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
