Youth Workshop

Are you making films? Do you want people to see your work? Want to see the latest films and videos made by people your age? This is the spot! This workshop delivers information and links that can help you use the power of media to make your mark on the world. The Youth Workshop is updated regularly - so keep coming back.

Check out our database of documentaries made by youth. This easy to search database links to distributors so you can purchase the tape from them. If you produced a social issue documentary that is being distributed, click here to register and login so you can list your film.

Talk back to us! Share your experiences. Ask questions. Send us your ideas, your gripes, and once in a while, your compliments, too. We want to hear from you.

Featured Articles

Know Your Audience: Youth Media Distribution Tips from Sundance
A must-read for all youth media makers working for social change. This compact list of advice was gathered from the panelists of the "Road To Exhibition" panel at the Gen-Y Studio at Sundance.

Tips

Advocacy Tutorial: The ABCs of effective communication and how to get actively involved in your government.

Youth Radio Production Tips: Advice from youth producers and from NPR.

Camcorder Production Tips: Sample soup to nuts advice from activist video experts.

Site Tips: Take advantage of all the free stuff MediaRights.org has to offer. Plus: Publicize your film and post Calls To Action!

Resources

LEF foundation: Awards documentary grants in New England.

Make It Yourself: Check out nonprofit media centers in your area that can help you produce your own media work, also includes online tools.

Gear: Get info on the latest digital video production equipment and editing supplies.

Web: Acquire the tools that can maximize your presence online.

Youth Speak Out: Hook up with youth activist groups all over the country.

Radio: Discover why radio is at the frontier of Web casting - and how you can use this powerful medium to put your points across.

Media Watchers: Get media savvy! Check out these Web sites and you'll look at TV with new eyes!

Funding: Go for grants that support youth and youth organizations.

Made by Youth: Zero in on youth-created media works: online, in print, and on television.

National Conferences: Find conferences that speak to the issues you're fighting for.

News

Glossary: What is the difference between commercial and educational video distribution? Click here for the answer.

Do Environmental Films Help the Environment? Here Are Some That Have: There may be no environmental network on U.S. television, but there is a network of environmentalists making extraordinary television, video, and film.

Making Trouble: Teenagers are often criminalized, consumerized or erased in the media. Youth rarely find themselves mirrored in the media as engaged, active citizens. But when teens take media into their own hands, their voices are clear, undistorted--and low-budget.

Inner-city Youth Making Media That Matters: Interview with Louis Perego Moreno who has led groups of young people to make over 60 films.

At the Heart of the Conflict: Youth in the West Bank Take Sides

The Right to be Seen and Heard: Youth Media Distribution

Lessons Found in Peers' Diversity

The Gen-Y Studio at the Sundance Film Festival: In acknowledgement of the youth independent film movement, Sundance has created the Gen-Y Studio to encourage new talent.

News

MediaRights.org is proud to introduce our new Affiliate site, ListenUp.org. Watch youth-produced videos here.

Other Workshops

Activist/Nonprofit Workshop: A constantly refreshed source of ideas on how to use the power of media to further a political or social cause.

Educator/Librarian Workshop: The meeting-place for people who want to use documentaries as a teaching tool and as a community resource.

Producer Workshop: A creative center where documentary film producers and producers of other types of media can learn how to spur audiences to action.