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Reel Works Call for Mentors Fall 2006

Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, an award-winning youth media organization, is looking for professional filmmakers to volunteer as mentors for NYC teens as they write, plan, film and edit short documentary films about their lives and communities.

Filmmakers: Imagine if a professional director or producer helped you make your first film? How would that have impacted your life and career?

The Lab is the only youth media program that matches each teen participant with a professional filmmaker who mentors him/her through the challenges of producing a short film.

"Mentoring is an important and necessary reminder for those of us in the business of how powerful pure expression, unmitigated by sales and the bottom line, can be," says filmmaker Shola Lynch (Chisolm '72: Unbought & Unbossed). "These teens are making films for all the right reasons: they have something to say. As a mentor it was invigorating to both cheer and challenge my mentee as she worked her idea into a poignant documentary short. Having her complete the work was the greatest satisfaction and a proud moment. Watching Kiri and "A Girl Like Me" make such an impact out in the world is just a great big bonus."

Reel Works needs talented, experienced and committed filmmakers to volunteer as mentors for our Fall 2006 class.

To learn more, visit our website, download an application or call Kristin Wernicke, Lab Coordinator, at (718) 768-7100 Ext. 139.

For more information visit:

http://www.reelworks.org