IN THE PATH OF MY FATHER selected to another West Coast festival
SoCal Clips Indie Film Fest has accepted IN THE PATH OF MY FATHER for its 2016 season! This year's festival takes place at The Historic Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, CA from August 12-14 and was voted one of the "Best Emerging Film Festivals in Los Angeles" by Film Fest Spot in 2015.
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NFFTY Recap: Reflections from a Teaching Artist
Even after the movie ends, there’s always another strikingly beautiful moment of watching the credits roll for a film you helped bring to life. It always hits me when I see the names of all the people — participants, students, families, teaching artists, and other film advisors — who traveled together on that challenging, yet amazing journey in creating the film. As a media teaching artist and documentary filmmaker, I am reminded with every new project that documentary filmmaking is not easy; you have to let go of control, be a team player, and be ready to adapt to change at any moment during the process. It’s both stimulating and exhausting. But it’s always a joy to see my young students create. My phenomenal film students from Sitar Arts Center fully embraced those challenges last Spring and came out with a powerful and heartwarming film about the importance of community support in the face of struggle: IN THE PATH OF MY FATHER.
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In the Path of My Father selected to two local film festivals
We’re thrilled to announce that IN THE PATH OF MY FATHER, the latest short documentary produced through the 2015 Meridian Hill Pictures/Sitar Arts Center Youth Documentary Program, has been accepted into the 2016 Annapolis Film Festival and the 4th annual Bethesda Film Fest.
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‘In the Path of My Father’ will premiere at Sitar
Students from Sitar Arts Center and Meridian Hill Pictures’ Youth Documentary Program will premiere their latest film — IN THE PATH OF MY FATHER — on Tuesday, September 22 at Sitar’s De laski Theater.
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Bringing more youth voices to doc: The 2015 Youth Documentary Program
The Youth Doc Program
2015 marked another successful session of our Youth Documentary Program in partnership with the Sitar Arts Center. Meridian Hill Pictures’ 15-week long flagship program — established in 2010 — provides a unique opportunity for youth from all walks of life in Washington DC to produce their own social-issue documentary from their own perspective.
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'Doing it for Me' Screening at the Department of Education
We're thrilled to announce that our student-produced film Doing It for Me will be screened for an audience of policymakers tomorrow at the Department of Education, as part of a discussion about issues related to high school dropouts and dropout prevention.
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Engaging Young Hearts and Minds: The Youth Documentary Program
It's been just over a year since Doing It for Me premiered at the Sitar Arts Center, but the film continues to reach audiences at regional film festivals, policy forums, and beyond.
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MHP Intern Speaks at TEDxYouth
On May 28th 2014, Meridian Hill Pictures intern and student film director Leah Edwards gave a talk at [email protected] entitled “Storytelling Superheroes: We Are Our Stories.” Below is a version of the speech edited for our blog.
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Doing It for Me Completes Spring Festival Run
MHP students and filmmakers at the 2014 West Chester Film Festival. From left: Victoria, Precious, Jayana, and Leah
Over the past two months, Meridian Hill Pictures’ short student doc Doing It for Me screened at three local film festivals: Bethesda Film Fest, Annapolis Film Festival, and West Chester Film Festival. The film tells the intimate story of two high school students who have dropped out and their best friend who encourages them to improve their circumstances.
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