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Our students' screening at Creative Artists Agency was a huge success! The blossoming filmmakers were beaming with pride as they took the stage immediately following the debut of their films. The audience laughed and cried throughout the series, which included topics ranging from graffiti to one students' hometown hero -- his grandma.

For immediate release: June 1, 2010

Contacts:
Maegan Carberry | maegan at rockthevote dot com|202-615.6065
Mara Abrams | mara at remedee dot org | 323-599.1704

LA High School Students Premiere ‘Reel Youth’ Voting Documentaries at CAA

With an assist from R&B artist Mateo, youth encourage peers to go to the polls

Congratulations to our Reel Lives alumna Ja'Mesha Hagins, whose film "Anthony" was selected as a top 3 winner in AFI ScreenNation's TEENDOCS competition!

As a national winner, AFI will be sending her to the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs International Documentary Conference in Silver Spring, MD, where her film will be screened on June 26th. Please support her if you're in the DC area!

On June 4th, our South LA film students will screen their final projects, short documentaries about a person or issue that has had an impact on their lives. We will be teaming up with Rock the Vote for appearances and music from DJ Skee, Mateo, and Stat Quo.

Remedee is collaborating with Fernando Pullum Performing Arts High School, an Inner City Education Foundation school, to create a film and media program for under-served teens. This class will teach the basics of production, post-production and distribution through hands-on projects. Students will create artist interviews, short-form online media, and a "thesis" film about an issue relevant to their own life.

Remedee is co-hosting with local facilitators 2-Cent a screening in New Orleans of films from this summer's "Change We Can Create" Summer Camp. This is our second annual event at the amazing New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. If you're in town, come on by and support these amazing youth!

Actor Kim Estes video chats with the New Orleans class from the Remedee office in LA.

Remedee's second year of youth programming in New Orleans is underway with the "Change We Can Create" Summer Camp at Carver High School. It's sponsored in part by New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD) and led by 2-Cent, a group of local, young media-makers who themselves use digital film as a tool for change.

We are thrilled to announce that Daria de Koning Jewelry is hosting a trunk show to benefit Remedee!

The jewelry is exquisite, and a percentage of the sales will benefit our exciting new initiative, The Remedee Center (more on that very soon). Get in touch with us here on our contact form if interested in attending. And check out www.dariadekoning.com for a preview.

Remedee, South LA middle school showcase student-produced film

WHAT: Los Angeles Academy Middle School joined with Remedee – a non-profit organization established to provide youth with the resources and education to create change through media -- to host a screening of a student film from a media production program at the South LA school.