The TFI Youth Screening Series is a yearlong presentation of films that serves NYC youth and educators with access to free, relevant programming. Each screening is followed by a discussion, a workshop or a Q&A session with the filmmakers to help make the viewing experience richer and more engaging for students.
All Tribeca Youth Screening Series films are available on a first-come, first-serve basis and are presented entirely free-of-charge.
Fall 2007 Season: OTHER VOICES
All films presented at Tribeca Cinemas unless otherwise noted.
54 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 (at Laight Street, one block below Canal Street)
Arctic SonSeptember 27, 2pm, the ImaginAsian, 239 E. 59th co-presented with American Documentary/P.O.V and Big Mouth Films |
War/DanceOctober 25, 2pm co-presented with THINKfilm |
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The clash of tradition and modernity puts a Native father and son at odds in the village of Old Crow, 80 miles above the Arctic Circle. Stanley, Jr., raised in Seattle, is drifting deeper into drinking and partying. Stanley, Sr., a remote, philosophical figure to his son, keeps the ways of his Gwitchin ancestors alive by hunting, fishing and living by his wits in the harsh arctic environment. After a lifetime apart, the two are reunited in the raw, quiet beauty of the Canadian Yukon in a story that captures the dialogue between a father and son from vastly different worlds. Directed by Andrew Walton Companion Short: The Rules of the GameA Native American tribe’s dreams of prosperity clash with small town values in Rohnert Park, California. Directed and Produced by Garance Burke and Monica Lam |
“War stole their childhood. Dance gave them hope.” Companion Short: Rapping at FearIn Andrés Tabares’ barrio in Colombia, “social cleansing” groups wage war. When this thirteen-year-old raps against violence, people listen. Directed by Andrés Tabares, Produced by Listen Up! & Polimorfo |
Retrospective Cinema: Black OrpheusNovember 29, 2pm |
GLOBALeyes: International Youth MediaDecember 13, 2pm Curated by Tribeca Film Institute and Listen Up! |
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1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States. Directed by Marcel Camus Companion Short: Novela, NovelaA group of Nicaraguan activists produce a homegrown soap opera about issues like safe sex and domestic abuse. Directed & Produced by Elizabeth Miller |
A selection of short films made by young people from across the globe. With a wealth of young filmmakers here in NYC sharing their voices and experiences, here is a unique opportunity to see something different and examine how a global collective of youth are using the camera to tell their stories. Companion Short: Garbage DreamsEgypt’s resident garbage recyclers, the Zaballeen, struggle as Cairo modernizes its waste disposal system. Directed & Produced by Mai Iskander |
| The Tribeca Youth Screening series is presented in partnership with Arts Engine. Companion shorts provided by Media that Matters Film Festival, a project of Arts Engine. |
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About TFI’s Youth Screenings
Short Film Pairings
Each Tribeca Youth Screening is accompanied by a topically related Media That Matters film, a project of Arts Engine, to be viewed in classrooms before screenings in order to foster discussion about the topic, to better integrate the film into classroom curriculum and to provide an entry point into using the TFI provided study guide.
TFI Study Guides
For each film, TFI creates a study guide that both students and instructors can use to delve into the topic of the film both before and after the screening. Including historical or cultural information about the film’s topic, before-and-after discussion questions and projects that can be completed by classrooms—these study guides help instructors to make each screening more than a 2-hour experience.
Teacher Trainings
TFI will hold teacher trainings periodically throughout the year, for instructors to learn more about the subject matter of the film, discuss how to best integrate the work into their classrooms and to discuss using filmmaking in the classrooms and best practices with peers and youth media professionals.
In-School Screenings
For schools that are unable to attend a screening in Tribeca or would like to reach a larger audience of students with a TYSS screening, four 2007 Tribeca Film Festival films will be available for a limited number of in-school screenings. For these screenings, schools are asked to conduct a larger classroom project in conjunction with the film.
