CYMC Youth Production Studios in Frisco

Debra congratulating Gabriella on finsishing her film "A Refuge in the Mission: Precita Center"

Danielle at the computer editing

Michael Rapaport visits CYMC for a group mtg

Michael and Juan Carlos Gonzalez chop it up

Kevin Epps and Debra holding it down for the youths

News

Juvenile Justice Project Initiative 2005:
CYMC is participating in the Juvenile Justice Project Initiative, led by Coleman Advocates for Children. CYMC youth are helping other young juvenile justice advocates produce a short video documenting an action issue decided by the overall group of young activists. This year's short video will focus on investigating after care alternatives for youth being released from Juvenile Hall in San Francisco. Partners in the collaborative project are YMAC & Coleman Advocates, CARC, Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Mission Neighborhood Centers, Bayview Hunters Pt Foundation, and the SF Youth Commission.

YO!TV Partnership:
CYMC youth members have been working with Youth Outlook magazine in
the production of news segments for YO!TV shows broadcast on WB20
throughout the larger Bay Area (Sundays ch. 13 @ 7:30 am). Check www.youthoutlook.org for CYMC video segments streaming on the web and broadcast on WB20 this February 2005. Upcoming segments feature streetball history, views on teen stereotypes, what's hot in SF teen fashion, local spoken word group Colored Ink, tips for high School Freshmen, and a look at SF’s new Dream Schools.plus more….

Community Technology Network of the Bay Area:
CYMC Executive Director Debra Koffler joined the Community Technology Network Steering Committee for the Regional Bay Area. She will be representing youth
and communities around issues of youth media and community technology centers
in SF neighborhoods. Debra will join other panelists to share iinformation on how to get a digital storytelling program started from the ground up at the March 18th Digital Storytelling Conference at the SF Zeum on March 18, 2005 . Check the website to sign up now.

Michael Rapaport Visits SF Youth!!
Talented and well known actor Michael Rapaport (Higher Learning, Bamboozled, Zebrahead,Dave Chapelle Show, Boston Public,etc.) visited both CYMC crew
members and Ms. Nuval’s classroom at Downtown High School in early December.
The youth were excited to meet Michael and participate in a Q&A session in which
we shared our work and also learned from his own experiences as a professional in
the film industry. Michael visited the production set of DHS’s latest short film and also the CYMC production studio on Mission St.. Rapaport was impressed with the youth and their creative talents; sharing some advice with the youth, he said “Stay true to your story; originality is the key to creativity”. Michael also got some tips on Final Cut Pro from Gilma Urias, and gave an interview about streetball to young CYMC filmmaker Brian McArthur.

Film Festival/Public Screening News

April 17, 2005 (Sunday): Check out B-Mac's "Evolution of Streetball" short film airing on Sunday morning 7Am Channel 13 WB20 Bay Area. It is also being broadcast on the web at www.youthoutlook.org.

March 2005: Four CYMC youth films were accepted to the 2005 Urban Visionaries Film Festival held in New York City on March 23-4 at the Museum of Radio and Television.

March 14-18: Youth Media Week at AccesSF on Channel 29!!! Join over 300,000 SF household subscribers to tune in for youth media broadcast all week on community cable.

Channel 29/AccesSF: CYMC youth films air every first Tuesday of the month at 8pm on ch. 29 in San Francisco to over 350,000 household subscribers.