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EVC Documentary Workshop Screening

When: Wednesday, January 18th, 2006 at 6:00pm

Where: Satellite Academy High School, 120 West 30th Street, 6th Floor, between 6th and 7th Avenues
Take the 1, 2, 3, 9, B, D, F, Q, N, or R train to 34th Street

Featuring a new youth-produced documentary on drug addiction:

Looking beyond the dogma of "Just say no!", EVC youth producers document the impact of substance abuse on families and communities. Through interviews with psychologists, social workers, drug users, dealers, and policy activists, the Doc Workshop crew explores the effectiveness of the government's "War on Drugs" and presents a unique youth perspective on this widespread social problem.

Hope to see you there!

Major funding and In-kind support for EVC programs has been provided by: William Randolph Hearst Foundations, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, NYSCA - Arts in Education Program, NYSCA ? Electronic Media & Film program, Open Society Institute - Youth Initiatives Program, Time Warner Inc., The Ford Foundation, Janet Stone Jones Foundation, New York Community Trust, Tides Foundation, Wellspring Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, The New York City Department of Education, and Satellite Academy High School.

EVC Mission:

The Educational Video Center (EVC) is a non-profit youth media organization dedicated to teaching documentary video as a tool for social change and as a means to develop the artistic, critical literacy, and career skills of young people. Founded in 1984, EVC is a nationally acclaimed leader in the fields of youth media and education.

EVC Programs
Documentary Workshop, a credit bearing afternoon video workshop for 60 public high school students from underserved and diverse communities across all five boroughs of New York City; YO-TV (Youth Organizers Television) a ten-month, paid internship program for graduates of EVC’s Documentary Workshop who build college preparation and media career skills as they produce a documentary for a client; Teacher Development, a program offering workshops in video, multimedia, and EVC’s teaching methodology for K-12 teachers and after-school program instructors; and Community Engagement, a program designed to maximize the impact of EVC’s library of more than 100 documentaries through screening partnerships with national school, library, and community networks.

Visit evc.org to learn more about two new EVC resources available next month (February 2006): Youth-Powered Video: A Hands-On Curriculum for Teaching Documentary and the All That I Can Be DVD, EVC’s award-winning documentary on military recruitment.

Educational Video Center, 120 West 30th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Tel 212.465.936 Fax 212.465.9369 evc.org