Documentary History Project for Youth
The participants for the 2013 Documentary History Project for Youth have already been selected. Please check back for information on the 2014 Documentary History Project for Youth.
Scribe’s Documentary History Project for Youth focuses on an aspect of the social, political or cultural history of Philadelphia. The 2013 documentary projects will explore the history of drumming in Philadelphia – including African drummers and shakeres, jazz drumming, Afro-Caribbean drummers, rock drummers, hip-hop percussion, orchestral drummers, and drumming from Asian cultures.
The Documentary History Project for Youth is an after-school, weekend and summertime production workshop for middle and high school students. Up to 12 young people explore an aspect of the political, social or cultural history of Philadelphia by creating short video documentaries, audio works or websites. Students gain solid skills in media production - including planning, scripting, camera & sound recording, editing, and exposure to varied media production softwares – FinalCutPro, AfterEffects, HTML and Audacity. The Documentary History Project for Youth program also helps young people learn about the process of studying and presenting history, teaching the skills of archive research, field interviews, data collection and analysis, constructing narratives and fact checking.
1 of 5: 2009 Documentary History Project for Youth from free the land! on Vimeo.
The above video is part of a collection of short documentaries, titled Roots, Rhythms, and Stories and was produced by the 2009 Documentary History Project for Youth team of student workers.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE:
Youth enrolled in grades 8 – 12. No prior video making experience is necessary.
WHAT’S INVOLVED
Interested applicants must be willing to commit to 6 hours of work during the school year and up to 12 hours per week in the summer. Participants are paid an honorarium for their participation. Check out the website from the 2009 project: http://dhpy.scribe.org/.
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Over the years, the student filmmakers have completed many documentaries, several of which have been broadcast locally on public the television stations WHYY and WYBE (after their premier at a local theater). These include Struggles in the Shadows, an exploration of the lives of free African youth in Philadelphia prior to 1860; Todo El Mundo – Dance!, a look at Latino and African social dance; Something to Wear which examines the interplay among youth culture, fashion, and political movements; and The Broad Street History Project , ten short videos examining the history of Philadelphia’s longest and oldest thoroughfare. The Broad Street History Project was selected as one of twelve films selected by the Council on Foundations’ 38th Annual Film and Video Festival. Likewise, the 2005 Documentary History Project for Youth, From a Seed to This: A History of Fairmont Park, a look at the oldest and largest city park in the nation was honored by the Council on Foundations’ 39th Annual Film and Video Festival. The 2006 Documentary History for Youth Project was an examination of young people and the military from the Civil War to the present with an emphasis on local area history. The 2007 project, The Movement: A History of Philadelphia's Settlement Houses , is a history of the Settlement House movement in Philadelphia. The 2009 project, "Roots, Rhythms, and Stories," is a collection of short videos about Philadelphia's diverse folk musical traditions and included a website created by the student workers.
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2008 Documentary History Project for Youth Video
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The Documentary History Project for Youth is made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Arts: ArtWorks, Lincoln Financial Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation: Fund for Children, Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, The Seybert Foundation, Rosenlund Family Foundation, Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial and the Douty Foundation.