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YDA Students on KCME Radio
In November, 2014, KCME Radio Producer Keith Simon sat down with YDA filmmakers William J. Sobolik and Destiny Rinder and YDA Founder/Director Tom Shepard to discuss the program. Their conversation aired on KCME’s The Culture Zone and can be heard below. .
Writer Kathryn Eastburn on YDA
Author, teacher and former Founder/Editor of the Colorado Springs Independent Newspaper, Kathryn Eastburn shares her thoughts about the Youth Documentary Academy in her weekly Middle Distance commentary on KRCC Radio on October 31, 2014. Katherine was a guest artist during the 2014 summer session and will return as an instructor of … Read more »
YDA Founder Tom Shepard on KRCC
Independent Producer Ryan Lowery interviewed YDA Founder and Director Tom Shepard at the studios of KRCC for his radio show IN THE SPRINGS. Their conversation took place on the eve of the World Premiere of YDA films last November and covered the program’s genesis, teaching philosophy, and the value of documentary filmmaking … Read more »
Youth Documentary Academy is Launched
The Gazette Telegraph covered YDA’s launch here. On June 2, 2014, the first class of the Youth Documentary Academy met at the Bemis School of Art in Colorado Springs, CO. Twelve students from seven area schools convened and began getting to know each other and instructors Aaron Burns and Suzan … 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
